title: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurniawan
authors.forename: Ram P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Maharjan
authors.forename: Wai Fong
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Vitali
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sintchenko
authors.forename: Gwendolyn L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Frits R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Mooi
authors.forename: Ruiting
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lan
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*