Draft Genome Sequence of a Bordetella pertussis Strain with the Virulence-Associated Allelic Variant ptxP3, Isolated in Italy

A Anselmo; G Buttinelli; A Ciammaruconi; F Midulla; A Nicolai; A Fortunato; A Palozzi; S Fillo; F Lista; P Stefanelli

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00944-15

Draft Genome Sequence of a Bordetella pertussis Strain with the Virulence-Associated Allelic Variant ptxP3, Isolated in Italy

Genome Announc. 2015 Sep 10;3(5):e00944-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00944-15.

Authors

A Anselmo¹, G Buttinelli², A Ciammaruconi¹, F Midulla³, A Nicolai³, A Fortunato¹, A Palozzi¹, S Fillo¹, F Lista¹, P Stefanelli⁴

Affiliations

¹ Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Pediatrics, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy [email protected].

Abstract

Despite a universal immunization program, pertussis has persisted and resurged, and is of particular concern for infants in terms of morbidity and mortality. Here, we report the genome sequence of a Bordetella pertussis strain with the virulence-associated allelic variant ptxP3, isolated from a 45-day-old infant.