Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 15082-15087

  Buckee, Caroline O ^a   Jolley, Keith A ^a   Recker, Mario ^a   Penman, Bridget ^a   Kriz, Paula ^b   Gupta, Sunetra ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Mathematical model; Meningococcus; Population structure; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 54449093613     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712019105     Document Type: Article

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