Complete genome sequence of Bordetella pertussis CS, a Chinese pertussis vaccine strain

J Bacteriol. 2011 Aug;193(15):4017-8. doi: 10.1128/JB.05184-11. Epub 2011 May 27.

Abstract

Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of pertussis. Here, we report the genome sequence of Bordetella pertussis strain CS, isolated from an infant patient in Beijing and widely used as a vaccine strain for production of an acellular pertussis vaccine in China.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Bordetella pertussis / genetics*
  • China
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pertussis Vaccine / genetics*
  • Whooping Cough / microbiology
  • Whooping Cough / prevention & control

Substances

  • Pertussis Vaccine

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP002695