Epidemiology, hypermutation, within-host evolution and the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1667-1677

  Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a,b,c   Levin, Bruce R ^c   Richardson, Anthony R ^d   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency loci; Epidemiology; Evolution; Neisseria meningitidis; Phase shifting; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BLOOD CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTINGENCY LOCUS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYPERMUTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WITHIN HOST EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0041877157     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2416     Document Type: Article

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