Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland - PubMed (original) (raw)

Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland

Alex-Mikael Barkoff et al. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Oct.

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The distribution of 76 Finnish Bordetella pertussis isolates tested for Prn expression.

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