2024
Genetic markers associated with host status and clonal expansion of Group B Streptococcus in the Netherlands
Khan U, Dyster V, Chaguza C, van Sorge N, van de Beek D, Man K, Bentley S, Bijlsma M, Jamrozy D. Genetic markers associated with host status and clonal expansion of Group B Streptococcus in the Netherlands. Frontiers In Microbiology 2024, 15: 1410651. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1410651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroup B streptococciDisease isolatesCarriage isolatesCC17 isolatesClonal complexesDistribution of genetic markersPrevalence of antimicrobial resistance genesWhole-genome sequencingMobile genetic elementsAntimicrobial resistance genesAssociated with invasive diseaseGBS populationB streptococciInvasive diseaseClonal expansion eventsGenome sequenceExpansion eventsGenetic elementsGenomic analysisGenetic markersResistance genesSub-lineagesInvasive isolatesSerotype IIHost groups
2021
Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain BVJ1JL, a Serotype 1 Carriage Isolate from Malawi
Betts M, Jarvis S, Jeffries A, Gori A, Chaguza C, Msefula J, Weight CM, Kwambana-Adams B, French N, Swarthout TD, Brown JS, Heyderman RS. Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain BVJ1JL, a Serotype 1 Carriage Isolate from Malawi. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2021, 10: e00715-21. PMID: 34591678, PMCID: PMC8483660, DOI: 10.1128/mra.00715-21.Peer-Reviewed Original Research