Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during pertussis outbreak, Japan.
We describe the epidemiology of a pertussis outbreak in Japan in 2010-2011 and Bordetella holmesii transmission. Six patients were infected; 4 patients were students and a teacher at the same junior high school. Epidemiologic links were found between 5 patients. B. holmesii may have been transmitted from person to person.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Hajime
H
Kamiya
Nao
N
Otsuka
Yuka
Y
Ando
Fumito
F
Odaira
Shuji
S
Yoshino
Kimiko
K
Kawano
Hirokazu
H
Takahashi
Toshihide
T
Nishida
Yoshio
Y
Hidaka
Hiromi
H
Toyoizumi-Ajisaka
Keigo
K
Shibayama
Kazunari
K
Kamachi
Tomimasa
T
Sunagawa
Kiyosu
K
Taniguchi
Nobuhiko
N
Okabe
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001884:Bordetella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
D001426:Bacterial Proteins