Bordetella pertussis
"Bordetella pertussis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of WHOOPING COUGH. Its cells are minute coccobacilli that are surrounded by a slime sheath.
| Descriptor ID |
D001886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.117.075.550 B03.660.075.027.075.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bordetella pertussis" by people in Profiles.
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Hassan F, Hays L, Bell J, Selvarangan R. Evaluation of 3 analyte-specific reagents for detection of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in clinical specimens. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Nov; 80(3):181-4.