Comparative genomics of clinical Bordetella pertussis strains against vaccine reference strains of India reveals genomic structural heterogeneity

• N.C. Sharma,
• N.K. Devanga Ragupathi,
• D.P. Muthuirulandi Sethuvel,
• K. Vasudevan,
• B. Veeraraghavan,
• L. Sangal

Affiliations

N.C. Sharma

Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital, Delhi, Laboratory Department, Delhi, India

N.K. Devanga Ragupathi

Christian Medical College, Clinical Microbiology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

D.P. Muthuirulandi Sethuvel

Christian Medical College, Clinical Microbiology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author.

K. Vasudevan

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

B. Veeraraghavan

Christian Medical College, Clinical Microbiology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

L. Sangal

WHO Country Office India, Vaccine Preventable Disease Laboratories, New Delhi, India