Characterization of Bordetella pertussis clinical isolates that do not express the tracheal colonization factor

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-154

  Van Gent, Marjolein ^a   Pierard, Dénis ^b   Lauwers, Sabine ^b   Van Der Heide, Han G J ^a   King, Audrey J ^a   Mooi, Frits R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Universitair Zickenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis; Gene loss; Multiple locus sequence typing; Multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis; TcfA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL COLONIZATION FACTOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; HUMANS; MUTATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 34548554683     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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