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Emerging of ptxP3 lineage in Bordetella pertussis strains circulating in a population in northeastern Mexico.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 2018
Gutiérrez-Ferman J L, Villarreal-Treviño L, Ramírez-Aranda J M, Camacho-Ortiz A, Ballesteros-Elizondo M R, Moreno-Juárez M R, Mendoza-Olazarán S, de la O Cavazos M E, Villarreal-Pérez J Z, Gómez-Govea M A, Garza-González E
Abstract excerpt
We determined the molecular epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis isolates to evaluate its potential impact on pertussis reemergence in a population of Mexico. Symptomatic and asymptomatic cases were included. Pertussis infection was confirmed by culture and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Selected B. pertussis isolates were further analysed; i.e. clonality was analysed by pulsed-field gel...
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