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A Subtraction Genomics-Based Approach to Identify and Characterize New Drug Targets in Bordetella pertussis: Whooping Cough
12 Nov 2022
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Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium known to cause pertussis or whooping cough. The disease affects the respiratory system and is contagious. Pertussis causes high mortality among infants aged less than one-year-old, although it can affect anyone of any age. Globally, 16 million cases of pertussis were reported in 2008, 95% of which were in developing nations, and approximately 195,000 children died...
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