| Host-to-host transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae is driven by its inflammatory toxin, pneumolysin MA Zafar, Y Wang, S Hamaguchi, JN Weiser Cell host & microbe 21 (1), 73-83, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Single Cell Bottlenecks in the Pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae M Kono, MA Zafar, M Zuniga, AM Roche, S Hamaguchi, JN Weiser PLoS pathogens 12 (10), e1005887, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
| Animal model to study Klebsiella pneumoniae gastrointestinal colonization and host-to-host transmission TM Young, AS Bray, RK Nagpal, DL Caudell, H Yadav, MA Zafar Infection and immunity 88 (11), 10.1128/iai. 00071-20, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| Capsule Type and Amount Affect Shedding and Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae MA Zafar, S Hamaguchi, T Zangari, M Cammer, JN Weiser MBio 8 (4), 10.1128/mbio. 00989-17, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| Infant mouse model for the study of shedding and transmission during Streptococcus pneumoniae monoinfection MA Zafar, M Kono, Y Wang, T Zangari, JN Weiser Infection and immunity 84 (9), 2714-2722, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
| Transcriptional occlusion caused by overlapping promoters MA Zafar, VJ Carabetta, MJ Mandel, TJ Silhavy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (4), 1557-1561, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
| Capsule prolongs survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae during starvation S Hamaguchi, MA Zafar, M Cammer, JN Weiser Infection and immunity 86 (3), 10.1128/iai. 00802-17, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| An infant mouse model of influenza virus transmission demonstrates the role of virus-specific shedding, humoral immunity, and sialidase expression by colonizing Streptococcus … MB Ortigoza, SB Blaser, MA Zafar, AJ Hammond, JN Weiser MBio 9 (6), e02359-18, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae l-Fucose Metabolism Promotes Gastrointestinal Colonization and Modulates Its Virulence Determinants AW Hudson, AJ Barnes, AS Bray, DA Ornelles, MA Zafar Infection and Immunity 90 (10), e00206-22, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| Identification of Pneumococcal Factors Affecting Pneumococcal Shedding Shows that the dlt Locus Promotes Inflammation and Transmission MA Zafar, AJ Hammond, S Hamaguchi, W Wu, M Kono, L Zhao, ... MBio 10 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 01032-19, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Protein–Protein Interactions Between σ70 Region 4 of RNA Polymerase and Escherichia coli SoxS, a Transcription Activator That Functions by the Prerecruitment Mechanism … MA Zafar, IM Shah, RE Wolf Jr Journal of molecular biology 401 (1), 13-32, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Pneumococcal capsule blocks protection by immunization with conserved surface proteins T Zangari, MA Zafar, JA Lees, AR Abruzzo, GCW Bee, JN Weiser npj Vaccines 6 (1), 155, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| Genetic evidence for a novel interaction between transcriptional activator SoxS and region 4 of the σ70 subunit of RNA polymerase at class II soxs-dependent promoters in … MA Zafar, N Sanchez-Alberola, RE Wolf Jr Journal of molecular biology 407 (3), 333-353, 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| MgrB-dependent colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with an increase in host-to-host transmission AS Bray, RD Smith, AW Hudson, GE Hernandez, TM Young, HE George, ... Mbio 13 (2), e03595-21, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| MgrB-dependent colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with an increase in host-to-host transmission. mBio 13: e0359521 AS Bray, RD Smith, AW Hudson, GE Hernandez, TM Young, HE George, ... | 5 | 2022 |
| The Two-Component System YesMN Promotes Pneumococcal Host-to-Host Transmission and Regulates Genes Involved in Zinc Homeostasis MA Zafar, A Costa-Terryl, TM Young Infection and Immunity 91 (1), e00375-22, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ethanolamine metabolism through two genetically distinct loci enables Klebsiella pneumoniae to bypass nutritional competition in the gut AJ Barnes, EF Bennett, B Vezina, AW Hudson, GE Hernandez, NA Nutter, ... Plos Pathogens 20 (5), e1012189, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Deciphering the gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae AS Bray, MA Zafar Infection and Immunity, e00482-23, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Characterization of “on DNA” and “off DNA” interactions between transcriptional activator SoxS and RNA polymerase of Escherichia coli MA Zafar University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2009 | | 2009 |
