Author(s): Cobey S, Lipsitch M|Journal: Science|PMID:22383809| March 2012
Over 90 capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a common nasopharyngeal colonizer and major cause of pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, are…
Author(s): Grad YH, Lipsitch M, Aiello AE|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID:22085628| January 2012
Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence levels in US adults participating in the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2000) increased with…
Analysis of important human pathogen populations is currently under transition toward whole-genome sequencing of growing numbers of samples collected on…
Author(s): Buckee CO, Recker M|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID:22511852| January 2012
The var gene family of Plasmodium falciparum encodes the immunodominant variant surface antigens PfEMP1. These highly polymorphic proteins are important…