Pertactin-negative variants of Bordetella pertussis in the United States

N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 7;368(6):583-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1209369.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / analysis
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bordetella pertussis / chemistry
  • Bordetella pertussis / genetics*
  • Bordetella pertussis / pathogenicity
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pertussis Vaccine
  • Philadelphia
  • Vaccines, Acellular
  • Virulence Factors, Bordetella / analysis
  • Virulence Factors, Bordetella / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Pertussis Vaccine
  • Vaccines, Acellular
  • Virulence Factors, Bordetella
  • pertactin