Highlights:
– About 80 per cent of the 2012 whooping cough cases in Australia studied by the team were caused by pertactin-free strains. Pertactin is one of the three proteins, made from purified extracts of Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which are present in the vaccine currently used in Australia. The other two are pertussis toxin and filamentous haemagglutinin.
– “The fact that they have arisen independently in different countries suggests this is in response to the vaccine,” says Associate Professor Lan.
* the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases April 2014
– http://healthresearchreport.me/2014/04/18/whooping-cough-evolves-to-beat-vaccine/
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