Bordetella pertussis Strain Lacking Pertactin and Pertussis Toxin.

Williams MM, Sen K, Weigand MR, Skoff TH, Cunningham VA, Halse TA, Tondella ML; CDC Pertussis Working Group.

Abstract

A Bordetella pertussis strain lacking 2 acellular vaccine immunogens, pertussis toxin and pertactin, was isolated from an unvaccinated infant in New York State in 2013. Comparison with a French strain that was pertussis toxin-deficient, pertactin wild-type showed that the strains carry the same 28-kb deletion in similar genomes.