Bordetella pertussis
Analysis of Bordetella pertussis pertactin and pertussis toxin types from Queensland, Australia, 1999–2003
... Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of 'Whooping Cough' remains prevalent in Australia despite the intro- duction and wide spread use of pertussis vaccines as part of the childhood ...
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Evaluation of PCR for Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussisInfections
... of Bordetella pertussis from nasopharyngeal se- cretions has a specificity close to 100%, but the sensitivity is only about 60% if the culture is taken early during the disease and even lower the longer the ...
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The Epidemiology of Pertussis: A Comparison of the Epidemiology of the Disease Pertussis With the Epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis Infection
... With pertussis, how- ever, the incidence of reported disease has been re- duced, but the circulation of Bordetella pertussis has continued in the overall population in a manner similar to that which ...
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Rapid-cycle PCR method to detect Bordetella pertussis that fulfills all consensus recommendations for use of PCR in diagnosis of pertussis
... of Bordetella pertussis infections by nucleic acid amplification-based methods has, in general, been shown to be both highly sensitive and specific (13), yet an agreed- upon standardized method has not yet ...
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Evaluation of a Tetraplex Microsphere Assay for Bordetella pertussis Antibodies
... two Bordetella pertussis antigens, pertussis toxin (PT) and filamentous hemagglutinin antigen ...B. pertussis antibody ...for pertussis antibodies at a pertussis vaccine research ...
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The use of multiplex PCR for the detection of atypical pathogens in Egyptian children with CAP: a high rate of Bordetella pertussis in early infancy
... tella pertussis. Pertussis is a highly infectious disease and can cause significant morbidity in ...of pertussis among infants presenting with acute ...of pertussis infection [6]. Most deaths ...
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Immunomagnetic separation and solid phase detection of Bordetella pertussis
... bacterium Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, which is an infectious disease that occurs worldwide with a high incidence among young, unvaccinated infants and occasional ...para- ...
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Nested Duplex PCR To Detect Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis and Its Application in Diagnosis of Pertussis in Nonmetropolitan Southeast Queensland, Australia
... detect Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis was developed with the insertion sequences IS481 ...(B. pertussis) and IS1001 ...B. pertussis, 58 of 520 patients ...B. ...
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Pertussis toxin inhibits neutrophil recruitment to delay antibody mediated clearance of Bordetella pertussis
... with Bordetella pertussis ...B. pertussis remains endemic even in highly vaccinated or immune ...B. pertussis from the lungs. However, antibodies affected B. pertussis after a delay of ...
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Strain Variation among Bordetella pertussis Isolates in Finland, Where the Whole Cell Pertussis Vaccine Has Been Used for 50 Years
... against pertussis in Finland in 1952, pertussis has remained an endemic disease with regular ...B. pertussis population, 101 isolates selected from 1991 to 2003 and 21 isolates selected from 1953 to ...
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Comparison of the Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis Isolates Circulating in Saint Petersburg between 1998 and 2000 with Russian Vaccine Strains
... the Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis isolates circulating in Saint Petersburg that were collected between 1998 and 2000 and compared them with isolates collected 40 years ago and ...
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Evaluation of the Aries Bordetella Assay for Detection and Identification of Bordetella pertussis in Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens
... bacterium Bordetella pertussis. B. pertussis can lead to life-threatening complications in infants and young children and was documented as one of the major causes of childhood mortality in the 20th ...
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In Vivo Gene Essentiality and Metabolism in Bordetella pertussis
... ABSTRACT Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a serious respiratory illness affecting children and adults, associated with prolonged cough and potential ...B. pertussis ...
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Heptakis(2,6 O dimethyl)beta cyclodextrin: a novel growth stimulant for Bordetella pertussis phase I
... The effect of cyclodextrins on the growth of Bordetella pertussis Tohama phase I in synthetic medium was evaluated.. The addition of cyclodextrins, especially heptakis2,6-0-dimethylp-cyc[r] ...
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External Quality Assessment for Molecular Detection of Bordetella pertussis in European Laboratories
... of Bordetella pertussis is routinely performed in diagnostic laboratories, no quality assessment program has so far been ...B. pertussis clinical isolates and two negative ...B. pertussis ...
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Bordetella pertussis Based on Surface Protein Genes
... vaccination, Bordetella pertussis has remained endemic in The Netherlands, causing epidemic outbreaks every 3 to 5 ...B. pertussis and was studied by sequencing 15 genes coding for surface proteins, ...
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Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination
... ABSTRACT Bordetella pertussis causes pertussis, a respiratory disease that is most severe for ...increased pertussis toxin ...B. pertussis strains isolated between 1920 and ...of ...
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Antigenic Divergence of Bordetella pertussis Isolates in Taiwan
... in Bordetella pertussis circulating ...80 Bordetella pertussis isolates in Taiwan from 1998 to 2004 and analyzed them using a combination of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and ...
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Prevalence and Sequence Variants of IS481 in Bordetella bronchiseptica: Implications for IS481 Based Detection of Bordetella pertussis
... Bordetella pertussis is the etiologic agent of whooping cough, an acute respiratory disease occurring exclusively in ...B. pertussis is crucial for monitoring prevalence, accurately defining ...
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Multiplex LightCycler PCR Assay for Detection and Differentiation of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in Nasopharyngeal Specimens
... differentiating Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in nasopharyngeal swabs was ...B. pertussis and ...for Bordetella culture and/or direct fluorescent antibody testing ...
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