Insights on Population Structure and Within-Host Genetic Changes among Meningococcal Carriage Isolates from U.S. Universities

Insights on Population Structure and Within-Host Genetic Changes among Meningococcal Carriage Isolates from U.S. Universities

U.S. university students are at a higher risk of invasive meningococcal disease than the general population. The responsible pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis, can be carried asymptomatically in the oropharynx; the dynamics of meningococcal carriage and the genetic features that distinguish carriage...

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Main Authors: Sandeep J. Joseph, Nadav Topaz, How-Yi Chang, Melissa J. Whaley, Jeni T. Vuong, Alexander Chen, Fang Hu, Susanna E. Schmink, Laurel T. Jenkins, Lorraine D. Rodriguez-Rivera, Jennifer D. Thomas, Anna M. Acosta, Lucy McNamara, Heidi M. Soeters, Sarah Mbaeyi, Xin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-04-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
neisseria meningitidis
united states
wgs
carriage
comparative genomics
meningococcal
university
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00197-20

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00197-20

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