SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Characteristics of COVID-19 Persistence and Reinfection Author(s): Choudhary MC, Crain CR, Qiu X, Hanage W, Li JZ|Journal: medRxiv| April 2021 Both SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and persistent infection have been described, but a systematic assessment of mutations is needed. We assessed sequences…
Host population structure and treatment frequency maintain balancing selection on drug resistance. Author(s): Cobey S, Baskerville EB, Colijn C, Hanage W, Fraser C, Lipsitch M|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 28835542| August 2017 It is a truism that antimicrobial drugs select for resistance, but explaining pathogen- and population-specific variation in patterns of resistance…
What is the mechanism for persistent coexistence of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae? Author(s): Colijn C, Cohen T, Fraser C, Hanage W, Goldstein E, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R, Lipsitch M|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 19940002| June 2010 The rise of antimicrobial resistance in many pathogens presents a major challenge to the treatment and control of infectious diseases.…
