Diagnosis of Whooping Cough in Switzerland: Differentiating Bordetella pertussis from Bordetella holmesii by Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Laure F. Pittet,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Stéphane Emonet,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Patrice François,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Eve-Julie Bonetti,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jacques Schrenzel,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Melanie Hug,

  Affiliation Bioanalytica AG, Luzern, Switzerland

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• Martin Altwegg,

  Affiliation Bioanalytica AG, Luzern, Switzerland

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• Claire-Anne Siegrist,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Centre for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Paediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Klara M. Posfay-Barbe

  * E-mail: Klara.PosfayBarbe@hcuge.ch

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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