Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during pertussis outbreak, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;18(7):1166-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1807.120130.

Abstract

We describe the epidemiology of a pertussis outbreak in Japan in 2010-2011 and Bordetella holmesii transmission. Six patients were infected; 4 patients were students and a teacher at the same junior high school. Epidemiologic links were found between 5 patients. B. holmesii may have been transmitted from person to person.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bordetella / classification*
  • Bordetella / genetics
  • Bordetella / isolation & purification
  • Bordetella Infections / epidemiology
  • Bordetella Infections / microbiology*
  • Bordetella Infections / transmission*
  • Bordetella pertussis* / classification
  • Bordetella pertussis* / genetics
  • Bordetella pertussis* / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Whooping Cough / epidemiology*
  • Whooping Cough / microbiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins