Bordetella pertussis isolates in Finland: Serotype and fimbrial expression

BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough or pertussis in humans. It produces several virulence factors, of which the fimbriae are considered adhesins and elicit immune responses in the host. B. pertussis has three distinct serotypes Fim2, Fim3 or Fim2,3. Generally, B. pertussis Fim2 st...

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Autores principales: Heikkinen, Eriikka, Xing, Dorothy K, Ölander, Rose-Marie, Hytönen, Jukka, Viljanen, Matti K, Mertsola, Jussi, He, Qiushui
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-162

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-162

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