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Significant Decrease in Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Japan

Prevalence of pertactin-lacking Bordetella pertussis isolates has been observed worldwide. In Japan, however, we found that the frequency of pertactin-deficient isolates in 2014–2016 (8%) was significantly lower than the frequency in 2005–2007 (41%), 2008–2010 (35%), and 2011–2013 (25%). This reduct...

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Autores principales: Hiramatsu, Yukihiro, Miyaji, Yusuke, Otsuka, Nao, Arakawa, Yoshichika, Shibayama, Keigo, Kamachi, Kazunari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161575