Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of pertussis, which mainly affects unvaccinated
children, while Bordetella parapertussis causes a disease presenting clinical characteristics …

Despite global efforts and widespread vaccination to control whooping cough (pertussis)
caused by B. pertussis, the re-emergence of pertussis still is being reported all over the …

Background: Bordetella pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory. Notably, the resurgence
of pertussis has recently been associated with the lacking production of vaccine virulence …

Materials and Methods: The genetic diversity and evolutionary characteristics of circulating
Iranian isolates of Bordetella pertussis during February 2015 to October 2018 was …

Background: Pertussis is a current contagious bacterial disease caused by Bp. Given the
prevalence of pertussis, development of new vaccines is important. This study was …

Introduction: Pathogen adaptation is considered as one of the important reasons for the
emergence of pertussis (whooping cough). Antigenic divergence between vaccine strains …

Aims: Pertussis is an important vaccine preventable disease. It is still a major cause of infant
morbidity and mortality in the world. Although the incidence of pertussis was successfully …

Objectives: Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium which is the
causative agent of whooping cough. In recent years, the number of whooping cough cases …

Aims: Bordetella pertussis is a gram negative and obligated aerobic bacterium that causes
pertussis disease and it is a specific pathogen in human. Pertussis is an acute respiratory …