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ArticleMicrobial genomics2018

Bordetella pertussis population dynamics and phylogeny in Japan after adoption of acellular pertussis vaccines.

Aldert Zomer, Nao Otsuka, Yukihiro Hiramatsu, Kazunari Kamachi, Naoko Nishimura, Takao Ozaki, Jan Poolman, Jeroen Geurtsen

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Article in Microbial genomics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Aldert Zomer1​Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Nao Otsuka2​Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukihiro Hiramatsu2​Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazunari Kamachi2​Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoko Nishimura3​Department of Pediatrics, Konan Kosei Hospital, Takaya-cho, Konan, Aichi, Japan.
Takao Ozaki3​Department of Pediatrics, Konan Kosei Hospital, Takaya-cho, Konan, Aichi, Japan.
Jan Poolman4​Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jeroen Geurtsen4​Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPJanssen (Netherlands) · NLKonan Kosei Hospital · JPUtrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, has experienced a resurgence in the past 15 years, despite the existence of both whole-cell and acellular vaccines. Here, we performed whole genome sequencing analysis of 149 clinical strains, provided by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan, isolated in 1982-2014, after Japan became the first country to adopt acellular vaccines against B. pertussis. Additionally, we sequenced 39 strains provided by the Konan Kosei Hospital in Aichi prefecture, Japan, isolated in 2008-2013. The genome sequences afforded insight into B. pertussis genome variability and population dynamics in Japan, and revealed that the B. pertussis population in Japan was characterized by two major clades that divided more than 40 years ago. The pertactin gene was disrupted in about 20 % of the 149 NIID isolates, by either a deletion within the signal sequence (ΔSS) or the insertion of IS element IS481 (prn :: IS481). Phylogeny suggests that the parent clones for these isolates originated in Japan. Divergence dating traced the first generation of the pertactin-deficient mutants in Japan to around 1990, and indicated that strains containing the alternative pertactin allele prn2 may have appeared in Japan around 1974. Molecular clock data suggested that observed fluctuations in B. pertussis population size may have coincided with changes in vaccine usage in the country. The continuing failure to eradicate the disease warrants an exploration of novel vaccine compositions.

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PhylogenyAllelesBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBiodiversityBordetella pertussisDNA Transposable ElementsGenes, BacterialGenetic VariationHumansJapanPertussis VaccinePolymorphism, Single NucleotidePopulation DynamicsSequence DeletionVaccines, AcellularVirulence Factors, BordetellaBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementspertactinPertussis VaccineVaccines, AcellularVirulence Factors, Bordetellaacellular vaccineBordetella pertussisepidemiologyJapanpertactinphylogenomics

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PMID29771235
PMCPMC5994715
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