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Table 1 Presence of regions of difference in Dutch clinical isolates from 1993 to 2004

From: Erratum to: Comparative genomic profiling of Dutch clinical Bordetella pertussis isolates using DNA microarrays: identification of genes absent from epidemic strains

Region of difference

BP-number

No. of

genes

Size

ptxP1 lineage

ptxP3 lineage

Locus:

  

(kb)

  

RD-3

BP0910A-BP0937

23

24.9

0% (17)

0% (26)

RD-5

BP1135-BP1141

7

8.6

0% (17)

0% (26)

RD-6

BP1158-BP1176

19

18.7

94% (17)

100% (26)

RD-27

BP1553

1

0.8

82% (17)

100% (26)

RD-10

BP1948-BP1966

18

22.7

100% (27)

0% (53)

RD-28

BP2122-BP2123

2

1.7

94% (17)

100% (26)

RD-29

BP2822-BP2839

17

16.9

94% (17)

100% (26)

RD-18

BP3314-BP3322

9

9.4

94% (17)

92% (26)

RD-1*

BP0515-BP0516

2

1

0% (17)

13% (32)

  1. Regions of difference (RDs) are numbered according to Brinig et al [23]. RD-1* is part of RD-1 as was found by Brinig et al [23]. The percentage of strains harbouring the region and the number of strains analyzed are indicated. Size, refers to the size of the deletion.