Abstract
Despite global efforts and widespread vaccination to control whooping cough (pertussis) caused by B. pertussis, the re-emergence of pertussis still is being reported all over the world. Antigenic divergence in B. pertussis virulence factors is one of the reasons of pertussis resurgence, resulting in dissimilarity of local and vaccine strains. In this study, clonal spread and variation of B. pertussis virulence factor in isolated strains from Iranian patients have been analyzed. A total of 100 B. pertussis isolates were obtained from Pertussis Reference Laboratory of Pasteur Institute of Iran. Real-time PCR were performed to confirm the B. pertussis strains. The genomic patterns of B. pertussis strains were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Predominant alleles of local strains were ptxP3, ptxA1, prn2, fim 2-1, fim3-2, and cya2. PFGE results showed 25 patterns clustered into 18 PFGE groups. A few similarities between the circulating isolates, vaccine, and standard strains were obtained. Significantly, 48% of the isolates showed dominant pattern with different allelic profiles from vaccine strains. According to the genomic profiles, the clonal spread was observed among the circulating strains. Predominant virulence factor profile was also comparable with other countries. It may be suggested that strain variation between vaccine and local strains may have an effect on pertussis resurgence in Iran like other parts of the world.
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More From: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
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