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. 2012 Oct;19(10):1703-4.
doi: 10.1128/CVI.00367-12. Epub 2012 Aug 22.

Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland

Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Jussi Mertsola, Sophie Guillot, Nicole Guiso, Guy Berbers, Qiushui He

Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland

Alex-Mikael Barkoff et al. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Oct.
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The distribution of 76 Finnish Bordetella pertussis isolates tested for Prn expression.
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