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Genomic dissection of the microevolution of Australian epidemic <i>Bordetella pertussis</i>

2022-01-05

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Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis . Despite high vaccine coverage, pertussis has re-emerged in many countries and caused two large epidemics in Australia since 2007. Here, we undertook a genomic and phylogeographic study of 385 Australian B. pertussis isolates collected from 2008 to 2017. The Australian B. pertussis population was...

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2a5c6dab-c4e9-5d0d-b461-3f25c0e5c050
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10.1101/2022.01.05.475016
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