Published in FEMS Microbiol Rev on December 01, 2006
Meningococcal carriage and disease--population biology and evolution. Vaccine (2009) 2.62
Streptococcus suis, an important pig pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent-an update on the worldwide distribution based on serotyping and sequence typing. Emerg Microbes Infect (2014) 2.24
Variation of the factor H-binding protein of Neisseria meningitidis. Microbiology (2009) 1.54
Meningococcal disease: changes in epidemiology and prevention. Clin Epidemiol (2012) 1.48
Frequency of factor H-binding protein modular groups and susceptibility to cross-reactive bactericidal activity in invasive meningococcal isolates. Vaccine (2009) 1.42
Retracted Clonal analysis of meningococci during a 26 year period prior to the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccines. PLoS One (2015) 1.39
Population genomics: diversity and virulence in the Neisseria. Curr Opin Microbiol (2008) 1.34
Cellular and molecular biology of Neisseria meningitidis colonization and invasive disease. Clin Sci (Lond) (2010) 1.31
A gene-by-gene population genomics platform: de novo assembly, annotation and genealogical analysis of 108 representative Neisseria meningitidis genomes. BMC Genomics (2014) 1.27
Meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccines derived from mutant strains engineered to express factor H binding proteins from antigenic variant groups 1 and 2. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2008) 1.22
Changes in serogroup and genotype prevalence among carried meningococci in the United Kingdom during vaccine implementation. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.19
Virulence evolution of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis by recombination in the core and accessory genome. PLoS One (2011) 1.12
Interlaboratory standardization of the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay designed for MATS, a rapid, reproducible method for estimating the strain coverage of investigational vaccines. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2012) 1.06
Molecular epidemiology of meningococcal disease in England and Wales 1975-1995, before the introduction of serogroup C conjugate vaccines. Microbiology (2008) 1.01
Vaccines, reverse vaccinology, and bacterial pathogenesis. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med (2013) 1.01
An analysis of the sequence variability of meningococcal fHbp, NadA and NHBA over a 50-year period in the Netherlands. PLoS One (2013) 0.96
Vaccine preventability of meningococcal clone, Greater Aachen Region, Germany. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.94
Population and Functional Genomics of Neisseria Revealed with Gene-by-Gene Approaches. J Clin Microbiol (2016) 0.93
Multilocus sequence typing. Methods Mol Biol (2009) 0.93
Molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and surveillance of invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, a review. Microbiology (2011) 0.93
Comparison of the Legionella pneumophila population structure as determined by sequence-based typing and whole genome sequencing. BMC Microbiol (2013) 0.91
Molecular characterization of invasive Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Chile during 2010-2011. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
Implications of differential age distribution of disease-associated meningococcal lineages for vaccine development. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2014) 0.88
Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in Brazil. PLoS One (2012) 0.85
Biofilm formation by the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. Med Microbiol Immunol (2010) 0.85
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of carriage and invasive disease isolates of Neisseria meningitidis in Finland. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.84
Clonal distribution of disease-associated and healthy carrier isolates of Neisseria meningitidis between 1983 and 2005 in Cuba. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 0.83
Use of a molecular decoy to segregate transport from antigenicity in the FrpB iron transporter from Neisseria meningitidis. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
Differential activation of acid sphingomyelinase and ceramide release determines invasiveness of Neisseria meningitidis into brain endothelial cells. PLoS Pathog (2014) 0.83
Molecular targets in meningococci: efficient routine characterization and optimal outbreak investigation in conjunction with routine surveillance of the meningococcal group B vaccine candidate, fHBP. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 0.83
Meningococcal vaccine antigen diversity in global databases. Euro Surveill (2015) 0.80
A novel meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccine with constitutive expression of FetA: A phase I clinical trial. J Infect (2015) 0.80
Clonal analysis of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strains in South Africa, 2002 to 2006: emergence of new clone ST-4240/6688. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.79
False-negative PCR result due to gene polymorphism: the example of Neisseria meningitidis. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.78
FetA Antibodies Induced by an Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine Derived from a Serogroup B Meningococcal Isolate with Constitutive FetA Expression. PLoS One (2015) 0.77
Geotemporal analysis of Neisseria meningitidis clones in the United States: 2000-2005. PLoS One (2013) 0.77
Distribution of the type III DNA methyltransferases modA, modB and modD among Neisseria meningitidis genotypes: implications for gene regulation and virulence. Sci Rep (2016) 0.76
Genetic diversity and levels of expression of factor H binding protein among carriage isolates of Neisseria meningitidis. PLoS One (2014) 0.76
Distribution of Bexsero® Antigen Sequence Types (BASTs) in invasive meningococcal disease isolates: Implications for immunisation. Vaccine (2016) 0.76
Whole-Genome Mapping as a Novel High-Resolution Typing Tool for Legionella pneumophila. J Clin Microbiol (2015) 0.76
Global Meningococcal Initiative: guidelines for diagnosis and confirmation of invasive meningococcal disease. Epidemiol Infect (2016) 0.75
The Promise of Whole Genome Pathogen Sequencing for the Molecular Epidemiology of Emerging Aquaculture Pathogens. Front Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Serogroup and Clonal Characterization of Czech Invasive Neisseria meningitidis Strains Isolated from 1971 to 2015. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Genomic Analysis of Serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis Isolates Reveals Extensive Similarities Between Carriage-Associated and Disease-Associated Organisms. J Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective. Mol Microbiol (2006) 14.53
Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2002) 11.02
BIGSdb: Scalable analysis of bacterial genome variation at the population level. BMC Bioinformatics (2010) 9.30
mlstdbNet - distributed multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) databases. BMC Bioinformatics (2004) 6.75
Multi-locus sequence typing: a tool for global epidemiology. Trends Microbiol (2003) 6.23
Identification of anthrax toxin genes in a Bacillus cereus associated with an illness resembling inhalation anthrax. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 4.73
Multilocus sequence typing of Clostridium difficile. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 4.16
Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni clones: a basis for epidemiologic investigation. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.98
Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis spp. nov. to replace Candida parapsilosis groups II and III. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 3.93
Multilocus sequence typing system for the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 3.45
Population structure and evolution of the Bacillus cereus group. J Bacteriol (2004) 3.08
PorA variable regions of Neisseria meningitidis. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 3.08
Sequence typing and comparison of population biology of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 2.88
Ribosomal multilocus sequence typing: universal characterization of bacteria from domain to strain. Microbiology (2012) 2.72
Campylobacter genotyping to determine the source of human infection. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.70
MLST revisited: the gene-by-gene approach to bacterial genomics. Nat Rev Microbiol (2013) 2.64
Antigenic diversity of meningococcal enterobactin receptor FetA, a vaccine component. Microbiology (2003) 2.62
Meningococcal carriage and disease--population biology and evolution. Vaccine (2009) 2.62
Antigenic shift and increased incidence of meningococcal disease. J Infect Dis (2006) 2.49
Distribution of surface protein variants among hyperinvasive meningococci: implications for vaccine design. Infect Immun (2004) 2.44
Convergence of Campylobacter species: implications for bacterial evolution. Science (2008) 2.42
Molecular phylogenetics of Candida albicans. Eukaryot Cell (2007) 2.41
Distribution of serogroups and genotypes among disease-associated and carried isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.41
Host-associated genetic import in Campylobacter jejuni. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 2.28
Optimization and validation of multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.18
Multilocus sequence typing scheme that provides both species and strain differentiation for the Burkholderia cepacia complex. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 2.17
Many carried meningococci lack the genes required for capsule synthesis and transport. Microbiology (2002) 2.17
Genetic analysis of meningococci carried by children and young adults. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.12
Molecular typing of meningococci: recommendations for target choice and nomenclature. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2006) 2.05
Clinical Clostridium difficile: clonality and pathogenicity locus diversity. PLoS One (2011) 2.04
Population structure and properties of Candida albicans, as determined by multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 2.04
Impact of recombination on bacterial evolution. Trends Microbiol (2010) 1.98
A chromosomally integrated bacteriophage in invasive meningococci. J Exp Med (2005) 1.88
Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi: host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens. PLoS Pathog (2009) 1.87
Campylobacter genotypes from food animals, environmental sources and clinical disease in Scotland 2005/6. Int J Food Microbiol (2009) 1.83
A genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology (2012) 1.79
Multilocus sequence typing for differentiation of strains of Candida tropicalis. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.66
Population structure of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex according to multilocus sequence typing. Environ Microbiol (2011) 1.64
Molecular evidence for dissemination of unique Campylobacter jejuni clones in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.64
Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.63
A surveillance network for meningococcal disease in Europe. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2006) 1.62
Phylogenetic evidence for frequent positive selection and recombination in the meningococcal surface antigen PorB. Mol Biol Evol (2002) 1.60
Getting a grip on strangles: recent progress towards improved diagnostics and vaccines. Vet J (2006) 1.55
Meningococcal vaccines and herd immunity: lessons learned from serogroup C conjugate vaccination programs. Expert Rev Vaccines (2009) 1.54
Variation of the factor H-binding protein of Neisseria meningitidis. Microbiology (2009) 1.54
Social behavior and meningococcal carriage in British teenagers. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.53
Resolution of a meningococcal disease outbreak from whole-genome sequence data with rapid Web-based analysis methods. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.50
Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.47
Genome-wide association study identifies vitamin B5 biosynthesis as a host specificity factor in Campylobacter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.47
Species status of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: evolutionary and epidemiological inferences from multilocus sequence typing. BMC Biol (2007) 1.44
Real-time genomic epidemiological evaluation of human Campylobacter isolates by use of whole-genome multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.42
The genetic structure of Neisseria meningitidis populations in Cuba before and after the introduction of a serogroup BC vaccine. Infect Genet Evol (2010) 1.40
Target gene sequencing to characterize the penicillin G susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.40
Development of an unambiguous and discriminatory multilocus sequence typing scheme for the Streptococcus zooepidemicus group. Microbiology (2008) 1.38
Progressive genome-wide introgression in agricultural Campylobacter coli. Mol Ecol (2012) 1.37
Multi locus sequence typing of Chlamydia reveals an association between Chlamydia psittaci genotypes and host species. PLoS One (2010) 1.37
Clonal nature of Campylobacter fetus as defined by multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.36
Environmental Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in human infections. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.36
First insights into the evolution of Streptococcus uberis: a multilocus sequence typing scheme that enables investigation of its population biology. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.35
Extended sequence typing of Campylobacter spp., United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.34
Genetic evidence for recombination in Candida albicans based on haplotype analysis. Fungal Genet Biol (2004) 1.33
Attribution of Campylobacter infections in northeast Scotland to specific sources by use of multilocus sequence typing. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.33
Niche segregation and genetic structure of Campylobacter jejuni populations from wild and agricultural host species. Mol Ecol (2011) 1.31
Strain typing and determination of population structure of Candida krusei by multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.31
Priorities for research on meningococcal disease and the impact of serogroup A vaccination in the African meningitis belt. Vaccine (2012) 1.30
Campylobacter infection of broiler chickens in a free-range environment. Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.30
Host association of Campylobacter genotypes transcends geographic variation. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.29
A gene-by-gene population genomics platform: de novo assembly, annotation and genealogical analysis of 108 representative Neisseria meningitidis genomes. BMC Genomics (2014) 1.27
Independent evolution of the core and accessory gene sets in the genus Neisseria: insights gained from the genome of Neisseria lactamica isolate 020-06. BMC Genomics (2010) 1.27
AgdbNet - antigen sequence database software for bacterial typing. BMC Bioinformatics (2006) 1.26
Population structure of Streptococcus oralis. Microbiology (2009) 1.25
Association of a bacteriophage with meningococcal disease in young adults. PLoS One (2008) 1.22
Genetic diversity and carriage dynamics of Neisseria lactamica in infants. Infect Immun (2005) 1.21
Recombinational switching of the Clostridium difficile S-layer and a novel glycosylation gene cluster revealed by large-scale whole-genome sequencing. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.21
Marked host specificity and lack of phylogeographic population structure of Campylobacter jejuni in wild birds. Mol Ecol (2013) 1.20
Changes in serogroup and genotype prevalence among carried meningococci in the United Kingdom during vaccine implementation. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.19
Sequence variation of the SeM gene of Streptococcus equi allows discrimination of the source of strangles outbreaks. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.18
Invasion by Neisseria meningitidis varies widely between clones and among nasopharyngeal mucosae derived from adult human hosts. Microbiology (2002) 1.17