Bordetella pertussis is the etiological agent of whooping cough, a bacterial infection of especially children, which may be fatal without treatment. In frame of studies to investigate putative effects of vaccination on host-pathogen interaction and clonal distribution of strains, in addition to Cory...
ORGANISM(S): Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC 13129 Clostridium tetani E88 Bordetella pertussis (strain Tohama I / ATCC BAA-589 / NCTC 13251)