• Adv Exp Med Biol · Jan 1998

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    Immunity to pertussis. Not all virulence factors are protective antigens.

    • J B Robbins, R Schneerson, D A Bryla, B Trollfors, J Taranger, and T Lagergård.
    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
    • Adv Exp Med Biol. 1998 Jan 1;452:207-18.

    AbstractAs with diphtheria, immunity to pertussis is complex because it involves both individual and community protection against infection with B. pertussis. Although B. pertussis has at least five proteins required for virulence and an additional two "toxic" components, only serum neutralizing antibodies to PT (antitoxin) have been shown to confer immunity to pertussis.

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