Bordetella pertussis Raw sequence reads. Bordetella pertussis

Multi-locus sequence types (MLST), virulence factor alleles, and antimicrobial resistance markers are important molecular characteristics of BP that can provide public health officials with information on the continued efficacy of treatment guidelines, the source and spread of infections, and vaccine effectiveness. Determining these characteristics in a rapid, reproducible fashion would be an asset to public health. We investigated the use of short-read whole genome sequencing and the SRST2 bioinformatic package to identify these characteristics.