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J Clin Microbiol ; 43(6): 2837-43, 2005 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15956406

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Despite the widespread use of pertussis vaccines during the last decades, pertussis has remained an endemic disease with frequent epidemic outbreaks. Currently two types of vaccines are used: whole-cell vaccines (WCVs) and recently developed acellular vaccines (ACVs). The long-term aim of our studies is to assess the effect of different vaccination policies on the population structure of Bordetella pertussis and ultimately on the disease burden in Europe. In the present study, a total of 102 B. pertussis isolates from the period 1998 to 2001 from five European countries (Finland, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and France) were characterized. The isolates were analyzed by typing based on variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR); by sequencing of polymorphic genes encoding the surface proteins pertussis toxin S1 and S3 subunits (ptxA and ptxC), pertactin (prn), and tracheal colonization factor (tcfA); and by fimbrial serotyping. The results reveal a relationship between geographic location and VNTR types, the frequency of the ptxC alleles, and serotypes. We have not observed a relationship between the strain characteristics we studied and vaccination programs. Our results provide a baseline which can be used to reveal changes in the B. pertussis population in Europe in the coming years.


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Bordetella pertussis/isolamento & purificação , Política de Saúde , Programas de Imunização , Vacina contra Coqueluche/administração & dosagem , Coqueluche/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Bordetella pertussis/classificação , Bordetella pertussis/genética , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Europa (Continente) , Proteínas de Fímbrias , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Repetições Minissatélites/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Sorotipagem , Vacinação , Fatores de Virulência/genética , Coqueluche/microbiologia , Coqueluche/prevenção & controle
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