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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3344-3347, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3344-3347.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Strain Variation among Bordetella pertussis Isolates from Québec and Alberta Provinces of Canada from 1985 to 1994

Mark S. Peppler,1* Sharee Kuny,1 Anna Nevesinjac,1 Christina Rogers,1 Yvon R. de Moissac,1 Kathleen Knowles,2,{dagger} Manon Lorange,3 Gaston De Serres,4 and James Talbot5

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta,1 Microbiology and Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta,5 Department of Microbiology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal,2 Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,3 Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada4

Received 11 July 2002/ Returned for modification 5 October 2002/ Accepted 8 April 2003

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and gene typing were able to differentiate among 3,597 Bordetella pertussis isolates circulating in Alberta and Québec Provinces, Canada, from 1985 to 1994 and distinguish them from the strains used in vaccine production. This study provides a baseline for continued surveillance of prevalent and emerging strains of B. pertussis in Canada.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Phone: (780) 492-2304. Fax: (780) 492-7521. E-mail: mark.peppler{at}ualberta.ca.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Microbiology, Santa Cabrini Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3344-3347, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3344-3347.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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