The Mechanism of Pertussis Cough Revealed by the Mouse-Coughing Model
mBio 13(2)
Article 2022 English
Authors
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Yukihiro Hiramatsu
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Koichiro Suzuki
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Takashi Nishida
Abstract
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The Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis causes a respiratory disease called whooping cough, or pertussis. This disease is characterized by paroxysmal coughing, the mechanism of which has not been intensively studied because of a lack of versatile animal models that reproduce the cough.
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