TY - JOUR AU - Kamiya, Hajime AU - Otsuka, Nao AU - Ando, Yuka AU - Odaira, Fumito AU - Yoshino, Shuji AU - Kawano, Kimiko AU - Takahashi, Hirokazu AU - Nishida, Toshihide AU - Hidaka, Yoshio AU - Toyoizumi-Ajisaka, Hiromi AU - Shibayama, Keigo AU - Kamachi, Kazunari AU - Sunagawa, Tomimasa AU - Taniguchi, Kiyosu AU - Okabe, Nobuhiko T1 - Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during Pertussis Outbreak, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 7 SP - 1166 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the epidemiology of a pertussis outbreak in Japan in 2010–2011 and Bordetella holmesii transmission. Six patients were infected; 4 patients were students and a teacher at the same junior high school. Epidemiologic links were found between 5 patients. B. holmesii may have been transmitted from person to person. KW - Bordetella infections KW - pathogen transmission KW - outbreak KW - Bordetella holmesii KW - Bordetella pertussis KW - pertussis KW - bacteria KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid1807.120130 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/7/12-0130_article ER - End of Reference