Genome-Wide Gene Expression Analysis of Bordetella pertussis Isolates Associated with a Resurgence in Pertussis: Elucidation of Factors Involved in the Increased Fitness of Epidemic Strains

Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) is the causative agent of whooping cough, which is a highly contagious disease in the human respiratory tract. Despite vaccination since the 1950s, pertussis remains the most prevalent vaccine-preventable disease in developed countries. A recent resurgence pertuss...

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Autores principales: King, Audrey J., van der Lee, Saskia, Mohangoo, Archena, van Gent, Marjolein, van der Ark, Arno, van de Waterbeemd, Bas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066150

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