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Sci Transl Med. 2022 Apr 27;14(642):eabn3253. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abn3253. Epub 2022 Apr 27.
Sci Transl Med. 2022.
PMID: 35476597
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Increased fitness of pertactin-deficient strains after implementation of acellular vaccines, but reduced fitness otherwise, can explain long …