Determination of 1, 2 and 3 major antigens in Bordetella pertussis strains isolated from Brazilian children with whooping-cough

The presence of major antigens, 1, 2 and 3 were determined in 30 strains of B. pertussis isolated from children with whooping-cough hospitalized at the Hospital Emílio Ribas, São Paulo Brazil. The method used was the slide-agglutination test. Tests showed that 25(83.3%) of strains were positives for...

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Autor: Iaria, Sebastião Timo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1977
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Revista de Saúde Pública
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/22858
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/22858
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Coqueluche^i1^sdiagnóstico de laborató
Bordetella pertussis
Coqueluche^i1^svac
Whooping-cough diagnosis^i2^slaborat
Pertussis vaccine
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Sumario:The presence of major antigens, 1, 2 and 3 were determined in 30 strains of B. pertussis isolated from children with whooping-cough hospitalized at the Hospital Emílio Ribas, São Paulo Brazil. The method used was the slide-agglutination test. Tests showed that 25(83.3%) of strains were positives for factors 1, 2 and 3. Factores 1 and 3 alone were present in 3 (10%) of strains and 1 and 2 alone in 2 (6.7%).