Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia
Connie Lam, Sophie Octavia, Lawrence Ricafort, Vitali Sintchenko, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Nicholas Wood, Peter McIntyre, Helen Marshall, Nicole Guiso, Anthony D. Keil, Andrew Lawrence, Jenny Robson, Geoff Hogg, and Ruiting Lan
Author affiliations: University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (C. Lam. S. Octavia, L. Ricafort, R. Lan); University of Sydney, Sydney (V. Sintchenko, G.L. Gilbert); Westmead Hospital, Sydney, (V. Sintchenko, N. Wood, P. McIntyre); University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (H. Marshall); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (N. Guiso); Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (A.D. Keil); Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide (A. Lawrence); Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (J. Robson); University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (G. Hogg)
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Table
Distribution of pertactin-positive and protactin-negative Bordetella pertussis isolates in 5 states, Australia, 2008–2012*
Year |
State
|
New South Wales
|
Queensland
|
South Australia
|
Victoria
|
Western Australia
|
No. pos |
No. neg |
% Neg |
No. pos |
No. neg |
% Neg |
No. pos |
No. neg |
% Neg |
No. pos |
No. neg |
% Neg |
No. pos |
No. neg |
% Neg |
2008 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
– |
– |
– |
13 |
2 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2009 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
– |
– |
– |
17 |
9 |
35 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
18 |
2 |
10 |
2010 |
8 |
6 |
43 |
3 |
6 |
67 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
17 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
1 |
7 |
2011 |
6 |
17 |
74 |
21 |
7 |
25 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
15 |
65 |
2012 |
2 |
7 |
78 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
21 |
78 |
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