Determinants of bacterial survival and proliferation in blood

P Lê-Bury, H Echenique-Rivera… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Bloodstream infection is a major public health concern associated with high mortality and
high healthcare costs worldwide. Bacteremia can trigger fatal sepsis whose prevention …

Meningococcal factor H-binding protein: implications for disease susceptibility, virulence, and vaccines

WX Yee, G Barnes, H Lavender, CM Tang - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Neisseria meningitidis is a human-adapted pathogen that causes meningitis and sepsis
worldwide. N. meningitidis factor H-binding protein (fHbp) provides a mechanism for …

Genome-wide association studies reveal the role of polymorphisms affecting factor H binding protein expression in host invasion by Neisseria meningitidis

SG Earle, M Lobanovska, H Lavender, C Tang… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Many invasive bacterial diseases are caused by organisms that are ordinarily harmless
components of the human microbiome. Effective interventions against these microbes …

[HTML][HTML] Disease profiles in the Indigenous Australian population are suggestive of a common complement control haplotype

JG Dubowsky, JJ Estevez, JE Craig… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (respectfully referred to as Indigenous
Australians herein) are disparately burdened by many infectious and chronic diseases …

Invasive meningococcal disease and genome databases

J Karlsson, H Eichner, E Loh - The Lancet Microbe, 2021 - thelancet.com
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a humanrestricted bacterium and a common
coloniser of the nasopharynx. The bacterium is often harmless, but can in rare cases cause …

[图书][B] Rna-Mediated Gene Regulation in Neisseria Meningitidis and Other Nasopharyngeal Pathogens

H Eichner - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Neisseria meningitidis is a transient commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract and
spreads through respiratory secretions produced by the carrier. While mostly harmless, the …