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A novel high-throughput assay to quantify the vaccine-induced inhibition of Bordetella pertussis adhesion to airway epithelia

BACKGROUND: Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute respiratory illness caused by the Gram-negative pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Despite high vaccination coverage whooping cough is currently re-emerging in many developed countries. Although the causes of pertussis resurgence are matter of debate,...

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Autores principales: Zanaboni, Elisa, Arato, Vanessa, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Seubert, Anja, Leuzzi, Rosanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27633511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0829-x