Characterization of a predominant Bordetella pertussis strain isolated from Iranian patients

Introduction: Pathogen adaptation is considered as one of the important reasons for the emergence of pertussis (whooping cough). Antigenic divergence between vaccine strains and clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis has been occurred over the years. It is suggested that the predominant genomic p...

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Main Authors: VS Nikbin, M Keramati, M Noofeli, N Bolourchi, MS Shams Nosrati, F Shahcheraghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran 2018-12-01
Series:Vaccine Research
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Online Access:http://vacres.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-147-en.html