Publications

The impact of host metapopulation structure on the population genetics of colonizing bacteria.

Author(s): Numminen E, Gutmann M, Shubin M, Marttinen P, Méric G, van Schaik W, Coque TM, Baquero F, Willems RJ, Sheppard SK, Feil EJ, Hanage WP, Corander J|Journal: J Theor Biol|PMID: 26916623| May 2016

Many key bacterial pathogens are frequently carried asymptomatically, and the emergence and spread of these opportunistic pathogens can be driven,…

Restricted gene flow among hospital subpopulations of Enterococcus faecium.

Author(s): Willems RJ, Top J, van Schaik W, Leavis H, Bonten M, Sirén J, Hanage WP, Corander J|Journal: MBio|PMID: 22807567| July 2012

Enterococcus faecium has recently emerged as an important multiresistant nosocomial pathogen. Defining population structure in this species is required to…

Population biology of Gram-positive pathogens: high-risk clones for dissemination of antibiotic resistance.

Author(s): Willems RJ, Hanage WP, Bessen DE, Feil EJ|Journal: FEMS Microbiol Rev|PMID: 21658083| September 2011

Infections caused by multiresistant Gram-positive bacteria represent a major health burden in the community as well as in hospitalized patients.…