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.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Bordetella pertussis / classification*
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Bordetella pertussis / genetics
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Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification*
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cluster Analysis
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Israel / epidemiology
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Male
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Molecular Typing
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Whooping Cough / epidemiology*
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Whooping Cough / microbiology*