Prevalence and Sequence Variants of IS 481 in Bordetella bronchiseptica : Implications for IS 481 -Based Detection of Bordetella pertussis
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Prevalence and sequence variants of IS481 in Bordetella bronchiseptica: implications for IS481-based detection of Bordetella pertussis.
We report the prevalence in Bordetella bronchiseptica of IS481, a frequent target for diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis, as approximately 5%. However, PCR amplicons of the predicted size were detectable in 78% of IS481-negative strains. Our results suggest that PCR targeting IS481 may not be sufficiently specific for reliable identification of B. pertussis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01295-06