Bordetella pertussis Raw sequence reads

Multi-locus sequence types (MLST), virulence factor alleles, and antimicrobial resistance markers are important molecular characteristics of Bordetella pertussis 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 assessed the capability of the SRST2 bioinformatic package of determining these characteristics on 40pertussis isolates from Ontario, Canada