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It’s out ! Evolution of Bordetella parapertussis, the second agent of whooping cough: many parallelisms with Bordetella pertussis, including rapid adaptation by loss of the pertactin vaccine antigen. Just published in @microbiosoc MGen journal
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No innocent bystanders: pertussis vaccination and evolutionary parallelisms between Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella pertussis
Pathogens adapting to the human host and to vaccination-induced immunity may follow parallel evolutionary paths. Bordetella parapertussis (Bpp) contributes significantly to the burden of whooping coug...
