Bordetella pertussis, the Causative Agent of Whooping Cough, Evolved from a Distinct, Human-Associated Lineage of B. bronchiseptica

• Dimitri A Diavatopoulos,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands , Eijkman Winkler Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

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• Craig A Cummings,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America , VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Leo M Schouls,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands

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• Mary M Brinig,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America , VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• David A Relman,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America , VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Frits R Mooi

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: fr.mooi@rivm.nl

  Affiliations Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands , Eijkman Winkler Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

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