Bordetella pertussis clones identified by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Kurniawan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2957989 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature