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Genetic diversity and population dynamics of Bordetella pertussis in China between 1950-2007.
Vaccine - 17 Nov 2015
Xu Yinghua, Zhang Liu, Tan Yajun, Wang Lichan, Zhang Shumin, Wang Junzhi
Abstract excerpt
Pertussis is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Although pertussis vaccination was introduced in the 1960s, pertussis is still an endemic disease in China. To better understand the genetic diversity of the Chinese B. pertussis population, we characterized 115 clinical isolates obtained in China during 1950-2007 using multilocus variable-number tandem repeat...
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