Author(s): Connor TR, Corander J, Hanage WP|Journal: Microbiology|PMID:23038806| December 2012
The disparity in diversity between unencapsulated (non-typable; NT) and encapsulated, serotypable Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) has been recognized for some time.…
Author(s): Lipsitch M, Bloom BR|Journal: MBio|PMID:23047752| October 2012
If accidentally released, mammalian-transmissible influenza A/H5N1 viruses could pose a greater threat to public health than possibly any other infectious…
Enterococcus faecium has recently emerged as an important multiresistant nosocomial pathogen. Defining population structure in this species is required to…
Author(s): Scott JR, Hinds J, Gould KA, Millar EV, Reid R, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Hanage WP|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID:22536000| July 2012
Pneumococci could evade pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) by modifying, mutating, or deleting vaccine-serotype capsule genes or by downregulating capsule production.…