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High Prevalence of Macrolide-Resistant Bordetella pertussis and ptxP1 Genotype, Mainland China, 2014-2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2019
Li Lijun, Deng Jikui, Ma Xiang, Zhou Kai, Meng Qinghong, Yuan Lin, Shi Wei, Wang Qing, Li Yue, Yao Kaihu
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According to the government of China, reported cases of pertussis have increased remarkably and are still increasing. To determine the genetic relatedness of Bordetella pertussis strains, we compared multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) results for isolates from China with those from Western countries. Among 335 isolates from China, the most common virulence-associated genotype was...
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