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Significant Decrease in Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Japan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Hiramatsu Yukihiro, Miyaji Yusuke, Otsuka Nao, Arakawa Yoshichika, Shibayama Keigo, Kamachi Kazunari
Abstract excerpt
Prevalence of pertactin-lacking Bordetella pertussis isolates has been observed worldwide. In Japan, however, we found that the frequency of pertactin-deficient isolates in 2014-2016 (8%) was significantly lower than the frequency in 2005-2007 (41%), 2008-2010 (35%), and 2011-2013 (25%). This reduction was closely associated with changes in genotypes.
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