VNTR

Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Dutch Bordetella pertussis Strains Reveals Rapid Genetic Changes with Clonal Expansion during the Late 1990s

Leo M. Schouls,1* Han G. J. van der Heide,1 Luc Vauterin,2 Paul Vauterin,2 and Frits R. Mooi1

Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands,1 Applied Maths, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium2

*Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Phone: 31302742121. Fax: 31302744449. E-mail: LM.Schouls@rivm.nl.

Received 2004 February 20; Accepted 2004 May 17. >>mehr>>