Pertussis Vaccine
Bordetella pertussis strain variation in Finland examined
Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 14th, 2005
"Pertussis is an infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite the introduction of mass vaccination against pertussis in Finland in 1952, pertussis has remained an endemic disease with regular epidemics. To monitor changes in the Finnish B. pertussis population, 101 isolates selected from 1991 to 2003 and 21 isolates selected from 1953 to 1982 were studied together with two Finnish vaccine strains," scientists in Finland and Sweden report.
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-09-14)
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