Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during Pertussis Outbreak, Japan
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We describe the epidemiology of a pertussis outbreak in Japan in 2010-2011 and Bordetella holmesii transmission. Six patients were infected; 4 patients were students and a teacher at the same junior high school. Epidemiologic links were found between 5 patients. B. holmesii may have been transmitted from person to person.
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دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012