Genetic diversity of clinical Bordetella pertussis ST2 strains in comparison with vaccine reference strains of India
N. C. Sharma, S. Anandan, N. K. Devanga Ragupathi, D. P. Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, K. Vasudevan, D. Kumar, S. K. Gupta, L. Sangal, V. Murugesan, B. Veeraraghavan
The paper reports complete genomes of two clinical B. pertussis ST2 strains from India, revealing genome degradation and virulence traits compared to vaccine reference strains.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology