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Brian G Spratt

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Top papers

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1 eBURST: inferring patterns of evolutionary descent among clusters of related bacterial genotypes from multilocus sequence typing data. J Bacteriol 2004 17.92
2 The evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 15.85
3 Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 8.95
4 How clonal is Staphylococcus aureus? J Bacteriol 2003 7.97
5 Multilocus sequence typing and evolutionary relationships among the causative agents of melioidosis and glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. J Clin Microbiol 2003 7.38
6 Opinion: Re-evaluating prokaryotic species. Nat Rev Microbiol 2005 7.19
7 Genetic analysis of the capsular biosynthetic locus from all 90 pneumococcal serotypes. PLoS Genet 2006 6.43
8 Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus. J Clin Microbiol 2003 6.22
9 Clonal relationships between invasive and carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae and serotype- and clone-specific differences in invasive disease potential. J Infect Dis 2003 5.73
10 EpiCollect: linking smartphones to web applications for epidemiology, ecology and community data collection. PLoS One 2009 4.76
11 Characterization of encapsulated and noncapsulated Haemophilus influenzae and determination of phylogenetic relationships by multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 2003 4.47
12 Geographic distribution of Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections in Europe: a molecular-epidemiological analysis. PLoS Med 2010 4.05
13 Recombination and the nature of bacterial speciation. Science 2007 3.98
14 Evolutionary genetics of the capsular locus of serogroup 6 pneumococci. J Bacteriol 2004 3.81
15 The multilocus sequence typing network: mlst.net. Nucleic Acids Res 2005 3.49
16 Fuzzy species among recombinogenic bacteria. BMC Biol 2005 3.47
17 Rapid sequence-based identification of gonococcal transmission clusters in a large metropolitan area. J Infect Dis 2004 3.34
18 Temporal and geographic stability of the serogroup-specific invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children. J Infect Dis 2004 3.31
19 The bacterial species challenge: making sense of genetic and ecological diversity. Science 2009 2.88
20 Predicted functions and linkage specificities of the products of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci. J Bacteriol 2007 2.67
21 A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic. Genome Res 2013 2.59
22 Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet. BMC Biol 2009 2.49
23 Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing. Nat Genet 2012 2.44
24 Neutral microepidemic evolution of bacterial pathogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 2.42
25 Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. PLoS One 2009 2.38
26 Assessing the reliability of eBURST using simulated populations with known ancestry. BMC Microbiol 2007 2.36
27 Nonrandom distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei clones in relation to geographical location and virulence. J Clin Microbiol 2006 2.34
28 Geographic distribution and clonal diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 isolates. J Clin Microbiol 2003 2.17
29 Multilocus sequence typing of Swedish invasive group B streptococcus isolates indicates a neonatally associated genetic lineage and capsule switching. J Clin Microbiol 2005 2.06
30 The impact of homologous recombination on the generation of diversity in bacteria. J Theor Biol 2005 1.99
31 Invasiveness of serotypes and clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Finland. Infect Immun 2005 1.96
32 Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pyogenes representing most known emm types and distinctions among subpopulation genetic structures. J Bacteriol 2004 1.95
33 Genetic relatedness of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci. J Bacteriol 2007 1.92
34 Sequences, sequence clusters and bacterial species. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006 1.91
35 Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Northern Australia are distinct by multilocus sequence typing, but strain types do not correlate with clinical presentation. J Clin Microbiol 2004 1.88
36 Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi: host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens. PLoS Pathog 2009 1.87
37 Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.83
38 Using multilocus sequence data to define the pneumococcus. J Bacteriol 2005 1.82
39 Stability of serotypes during nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Clin Microbiol 2003 1.78
40 Identification of individuals with gonorrhoea within sexual networks: a population-based study. Lancet 2006 1.61
41 Pneumonia and septicemia caused by Burkholderia thailandensis in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 2006 1.61
42 Multilocus sequence typing of Candida albicans: strategies, data exchange and applications. Infect Genet Evol 2004 1.59
43 Predicting phenotype and emerging strains among Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.58
44 Genetic diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in Australia. J Clin Microbiol 2007 1.56
45 Modelling bacterial speciation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006 1.55
46 Ability of pneumococcal serotypes and clones to cause acute otitis media: implications for the prevention of otitis media by conjugate vaccines. Infect Immun 2004 1.55
47 Enhanced invasiveness of bovine-derived neonatal sequence type 17 group B streptococcus is independent of capsular serotype. Clin Infect Dis 2006 1.47
48 Identification of melioidosis outbreak by multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.40
49 Depleted uranium munitions-where are we now? J Radiol Prot 2002 1.39
50 Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from inpatients of 30 hospitals in Orange County, California. PLoS One 2013 1.37
51 Risk factors of Streptococcus suis infection in Vietnam. A case-control study. PLoS One 2011 1.36
52 Influence of recombination and niche separation on the population genetic structure of the pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. Infect Immun 2002 1.31
53 Group A streptococci from a remote community have novel multilocus genotypes but share emm types and housekeeping alleles with isolates from worldwide sources. J Infect Dis 2004 1.27
54 Emergence of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae clones expressing serotypes not present in the antipneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis 2004 1.25
55 Using BOX-PCR to exclude a clonal outbreak of melioidosis. BMC Infect Dis 2007 1.24
56 A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for seven pathogenic Leptospira species. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013 1.17
57 Emergence in Vietnam of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents as a result of dissemination of the multiresistant Spain(23F)-1 clone. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 1.14
58 Australian and Thai isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei are distinct by multilocus sequence typing: revision of a case of mistaken identity. J Clin Microbiol 2007 1.14
59 Group A streptococcal infections in Sweden: a comparative study of invasive and noninvasive infections and analysis of dominant T28 emm28 isolates. Clin Infect Dis 2003 1.13
60 Burkholderia pseudomallei in unchlorinated domestic bore water, Tropical Northern Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 1.13
61 A locus contained within a variable region of pneumococcal pathogenicity island 1 contributes to virulence in mice. Infect Immun 2004 1.12
62 Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California. J Clin Microbiol 2013 1.12
63 Poor clinical outcome for meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype A strains containing the IS1016-bexA deletion. J Infect Dis 2010 1.03
64 Geographical and demographic clustering of gonorrhoea in London. Sex Transm Infect 2007 1.03
65 Molecular characterization of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 1.01
66 Changing epidemiologic profile of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in London. J Infect Dis 2005 0.98
67 Patient sharing and population genetic structure of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 0.97
68 Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California. J Clin Microbiol 2012 0.97
69 Epidemiological tracking and population assignment of the non-clonal bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 0.97
70 Comparison of two multilocus sequence based genotyping schemes for Leptospira species. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 0.97
71 Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 0.96
72 Concordance between Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypes recovered from known sexual contacts. J Clin Microbiol 2007 0.96
73 Bayesian semi-supervised classification of bacterial samples using MLST databases. BMC Bioinformatics 2011 0.91
74 Relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the diversification of the opa gene repertoire of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Bacteriol 2008 0.91
75 Melioidosis in New Caledonia. Emerg Infect Dis 2005 0.90
76 Analysis of emergence of quinolone-resistant gonococci in Greece by combined use of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing and multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 2011 0.90
77 Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.90
78 Identity and prevalence of multilocus sequence typing-defined clones of group A streptococci within a hospital setting. J Clin Microbiol 2005 0.89
79 Identification of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in Poland by multilocus sequence typing. Microb Drug Resist 2003 0.89
80 Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in northern Australia, a land of diversity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014 0.88
81 Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 0.87
82 Melioidosis from contaminated bore water and successful UV sterilization. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 0.87
83 Melioidosis as a consequence of sporting activity. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 0.87
84 Genomics. The genomic view of bacterial diversification. Science 2011 0.83
85 Effects of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain background on complement resistance. PLoS One 2011 0.83
86 Characterization of German penicillin non-susceptible serotype 23F pneumococci using multilocus sequence typing. J Med Microbiol 2003 0.83
87 Retraction. Science 2002 0.82
88 Predictors of hospitals with endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.80
89 Depleted uranium: a new battlefield hazard. Lancet 2002 0.79
90 Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Staphylococcus aureus: revision of the gmk locus. J Clin Microbiol 2012 0.79
91 Superantigenic activity of emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes is abrogated by a conserved, naturally occurring smeZ mutation. PLoS One 2012 0.78
92 Primary ocular melioidosis due to a single genotype of Burkholderia pseudomallei in two cats from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. J Feline Med Surg 2009 0.78
93 Corrigendum: Building a genomic framework for prospective MRSA surveillance in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Genome Res 2017 0.75