title: Two closely related strains associated with pertussis resurgence in Israel.
abstract: Eighty-two isolates of Bordetella pertussis analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis from the epidemic years, 2007 to 2008, revealed 4 strains with 2 closely related isolates accounting for 95% of the circulating strains. The most common Israeli strain has the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster as the dominant European BpSR11 strain (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster IVβ) identified in the 1999 to 2004 EU Pertstrain II project.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. baha_aboraya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bahaa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abu Raya
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bamberger
authors.forename: Gilad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sprecher
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Geffen
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Srugo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial