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Whole-Genome Sequence of a Bordetella pertussis Brazilian Vaccine Strain
M A Akamatsu1, M Y Nishiyama2, M Morone2
1Divisão de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico e Produção, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
Genome Announcements
|February 21, 2015
Abstract:
Despite the reduction in incidence after vaccination, pertussis disease is still considered a public health problem worldwide, mainly due to recent and potential new outbreaks. We report here the complete genome of the Bordetella pertussis Butantan strain used in the Brazilian National Immunization Program as a whole-cell pertussis antigen to compose vaccines such as DTwP (diphtheria, tetanus, and whole-cell pertussis).
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