Bordetella pertussis clones identified by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis.
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.
Kurniawan
Jacob
J
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Maharjan
Ram P
RP
Chan
Wai Fong
WF
Reeves
Peter R
PR
Sintchenko
Vitali
V
Gilbert
Gwendolyn L
GL
Mooi
Frits R
FR
Lan
Ruiting
R
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*