Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) of 316 Bordetella pertussis isolates collected over 40 years from Australia and 3 other continents identified 66 MLVA types (MTs), including 6 predominant MTs. Typing of genes encoding acellular vaccine antigens showed changes that may be vaccine driven in 2 MTs prevalent in Australia.
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【저자키워드】 Bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, dispatch, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, acellular vaccine antigenic variation, global epidemiology,
【저자키워드】 Bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, dispatch, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, acellular vaccine antigenic variation, global epidemiology,