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SUBMITTER: Safarchi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6764348 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Safarchi Azadeh A Octavia Sophie S Nikbin Vajihe Sadat VS Lotfi Masoumeh Nakhost MN Zahraei Seyed Mohsen SM Tay Chin Yen CY Lamichhane Binit B Shahcheraghi Fereshteh F Lan Ruiting R
Emerging microbes & infections 20190101 1
Pertussis caused by <i>Bordetella pertussis,</i> remains a public health problem worldwide, despite high vaccine coverage in infants and children in many countries. Iran has been using whole cell vaccine for the last 50 years with more than 95% vaccination rate since 1988 and has experienced pertussis resurgence in recent years. Here, we sequenced 55 <i>B. pertussis</i> isolates mostly collected from three provinces with the highest number of pertussis cases in Iran, including Tehran, Mazandaran ...[more]