Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of Bordetella pertussis DNA in acellular pertussis vaccines.
Using 2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for Bordetella pertussis, 2 of 5 acellular pertussis vaccines were found to contain B. pertussis DNA. Because residual DNA in vaccines can cause environmental contamination, the administration of acellular pertussis vaccines to patients should be physically separated from the collection of patients' specimens for testing of B. pertussis DNA by real-time PCR.
Tatti
Kathleen M
KM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. ket2@cdc.gov
Slade
Barbara
B
Patel
Manisha
M
Messonnier
Nancy
N
Jackson
Tiffany
T
Kirkland
Kathryn B
KB
Talbot
Elizabeth A
EA
Tondella
M Lucia
ML
D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000737:chemistry*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D022282:Vaccines, Acellular / Q000737:chemistry*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D022282:Vaccines, Acellular