Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during Pertussis Outbreak, Japan

Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during Pertussis Outbreak, Japan

We describe the epidemiology of a pertussis outbreak in Japan in 2010–2011 and Bordetella holmesii transmission. Six patients were infected; 4 patients were students and a teacher at the same junior high school. Epidemiologic links were found between 5 patients. B. holmesii may have been transmitted...

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Main Authors: Hajime Kamiya, Nao Otsuka, Yuka Ando, Fumito Odaira, Shuji Yoshino, Kimiko Kawano, Hirokazu Takahashi, Toshihide Nishida, Yoshio Hidaka, Hiromi Toyoizumi-Ajisaka, Keigo Shibayama, Kazunari Kamachi, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Okabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bordetella infections
pathogen transmission
outbreak
Bordetella holmesii
Bordetella pertussis
pertussis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/7/12-0130_article

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