Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia

Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia

Acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertussis were introduced in Australia in 1997. By 2000, these vaccines had replaced whole-cell vaccines. During 2008–2012, a large outbreak of pertussis occurred. During this period, 30% (96/320) of B. pertussis isolates did not express the vaccine antigen pert...

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Main Authors: Connie Lam, Sophie Octavia, Lawrence Ricafort, Vitali Sintchenko, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Nicholas Wood, Peter McIntyre, Helen Marshall, Nicole Guiso, Anthony D. Keil, Andrew Lawrence, Jenny Robson, Geoff Hogg, Ruiting Lan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bordetella pertussis
bacteria
pertactin
evolution
vaccine
Australia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-1478_article

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