Complete genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis vaccine reference strains 134 and 10536.

Authors: Weigand, Michael R and Peng, Yanhui and Loparev, Vladimir and Batra, Dhwani and Burroughs, Mark and Johnson, Taccara and Juieng, Phalasy and Rowe, Lori and Tondella, M Lucia and Williams, Margaret M

Vaccine formulations and vaccination programs against whooping cough (pertussis) vary worldwide. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of two divergent Bordetella pertussis reference strains used in the production of pertussis vaccines. Copyright © 2016 Weigand et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00979-16
Year: 2016

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