Molecular Subtyping of Bacillus anthracis and the 2001 Bioterrorism-Associated Anthrax Outbreak, United States

by Alex R. Hoffmaster, Collette C. Fitzgerald, Efrain Ribot, Leonard W. Mayer, Tanja Popovic
Published 2002-10-01

Sequencing of 16S rRNA Gene: A Rapid Tool for Identification of Bacillus anthracis

by Claudio T. Sacchi, Anne M. Whitney, Leonard W. Mayer, Roger Morey, Arnold Steigerwalt, Ariana Boras, Robin S. Weyant, Tanja Popovic
Published 2002-10-01

Lack of Evidence for Cloramphenicol Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis, Africa

by Maria-Lucia C. Tondella, Nancy E. Rosenstein, Leonard W. Mayer, Fred C. Tenover, Sheila A. Stocker, Mike W. Reeves, Tanja Popovic
Published 2001-02-01

Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates from countries in the African meningitis belt before introduction of a serogroup A conjugate vaccine.

by Dominique A Caugant, Paul A Kristiansen, Xin Wang, Leonard W Mayer, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Rasmata Ouédraogo, Denis Kandolo, Flabou Bougoudogo, Samba Sow, Laurence Bonte
Published 2012-01-01

Whole genome sequencing to investigate the emergence of clonal complex 23 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y disease in the United States.

by Mary G Krauland, Julie C Dunning Hotopp, David R Riley, Sean C Daugherty, Jane W Marsh, Nancy E Messonnier, Leonard W Mayer, Hervé Tettelin, Lee H Harrison
Published 2012-01-01

Genomic characterization and computational phenotyping of nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from Colombian sugarcane fields

by Luz K. Medina-Cordoba, Aroon T. Chande, Lavanya Rishishwar, Leonard W. Mayer, Lina C. Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto Valderrama-Aguirre, John Christian Gaby, Joel E. Kostka, I. King Jordan
Published 2021-04-01

Development of Real-Time PCR Methods for the Detection of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens without DNA Extraction.

by Jeni Vuong, Jean-Marc Collard, Melissa J Whaley, Issaka Bassira, Issaka Seidou, Seydou Diarra, Rasmata T Ouédraogo, Dinanibè Kambiré, Thomas H Taylor, Claudio Sacchi, Leonard W Mayer, Xin Wang
Published 2016-01-01

Genomic Epidemiology of Hypervirulent Serogroup W, ST-11 Neisseria meningitidis

by Mustapha M. Mustapha, Jane W. Marsh, Mary G. Krauland, Jorge O. Fernandez, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Xin Wang, Leonard W. Mayer, Jeffrey G. Lawrence, N. Luisa Hiller, Lee H. Harrison
Published 2015-10-01

Population-based Surveillance for Bacterial Meningitis in China, September 2006–December 2009

by Yixing Li, Zundong Yin, Zhujun Shao, Manshi Li, Xiaofeng Liang, Hardeep S. Sandhu, Stephen C. Hadler, Junhong Li, Yinqi Sun, Jing Li, Wenjing Zou, Mei Lin, Shuyan Zuo, Leonard W. Mayer, Ryan T. Novak, Bingqing Zhu, Li Xu, Huiming Luo
Published 2014-01-01

Serogroup W-135 Meningococcal Disease during the Hajj, 2000

by Jairam R. Lingappa, Abdullah M. Al-Rabeah, Rana Hajjeh, Tajammal Mustafa, Adel Fatani, Tami Al-Bassam, Amira Badukhan, Abdulhafiz Turkistani, Nassen Al-Hamdan, Mohamed Al-Jeffri, Yaqoub Al Mazrou, Bradley A. Perkins, Tanja Popovic, Leonard W. Mayer, Nancy E. Rosenstein
Published 2003-06-01

Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Burkina Faso, 2012

by Jessica R. MacNeil, Isaïe Medah, Daouda Koussoubé, Ryan T. Novak, Amanda C. Cohn, Fabien V.K. Diomandé, Denis Yelbeogo, Jean Ludovic Kambou, Tiga F. Tarbangdo, Rasmata Ouédraogo-Traoré, Lassana Sangaré, Cynthia Hatcher, Jeni Vuong, Leonard W. Mayer, Mamoudou H. Djingarey, Thomas A. Clark, Nancy E. Messonnier
Published 2014-03-01

Development of a PCR algorithm to detect and characterize Neisseria meningitidis carriage isolates in the African meningitis belt.

by Kanny Diallo, Mamadou D Coulibaly, Lisa S Rebbetts, Odile B Harrison, Jay Lucidarme, Kadidja Gamougam, Yenenesh K Tekletsion, Akalifa Bugri, Aliou Toure, Bassira Issaka, Marietou Dieng, Caroline Trotter, Jean-Marc Collard, Samba O Sow, Xin Wang, Leonard W Mayer, Ray Borrow, Brian M Greenwood, Martin C J Maiden, Olivier Manigart, MenAfriCar Consortium
Published 2018-01-01

Predicting the Susceptibility of Meningococcal Serogroup B Isolates to Bactericidal Antibodies Elicited by Bivalent rLP2086, a Novel Prophylactic Vaccine

by Lisa K. McNeil, Robert G. K. Donald, Alexey Gribenko, Roger French, Nathaniel Lambert, Shannon L. Harris, Thomas R. Jones, Sheng Li, Gary Zlotnick, Ulrich Vogel, Heike Claus, Raquel Abad, Julio A. Vazquez, Ray Borrow, Jamie Findlow, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Dominique A. Caugant, Paula Kriz, Martin Musilek, Xin Wang, Jeni Vuong, Leonard W. Mayer, Michael W. Pride, Kathrin U. Jansen, Annaliesa S. Anderson, Paul Dunman
Published 2018-03-01

sodC-based real-time PCR for detection of Neisseria meningitidis.

by Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Cynthia P Hatcher, Dara A Satterfield, M Jordan Theodore, Michelle C Bach, Kristin B Linscott, Xin Zhao, Xin Wang, Raydel Mair, Susanna Schmink, Kathryn E Arnold, David S Stephens, Lee H Harrison, Rosemary A Hollick, Ana Lucia Andrade, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Ana Paula S de Lemos, Jenna Gritzfeld, Stephen Gordon, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir, Dolly Sharma, Shabnam Jain, Sarah W Satola, Nancy E Messonnier, Leonard W Mayer
Published 2011-05-01