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Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014
Research

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 LanComments to Author 
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

*Pos, positive; Neg, negative; –, no isolates were obtained.

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