The use of vaccines have resulted in a remarkable improvement in global health. It has
saved several lives, reduced treatment costs and raised the quality of animal and human …

Africa historically has had the highest incidence of meningococcal disease with high
endemic rates and periodic epidemics. The meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa …

Genome sequencing facilitates the study of bacterial taxonomy and allows the re-evaluation
of the taxonomic relationships between species. Here, we aimed to analyze the draft …

Neisseria lactamica is a harmless coloniser of the infant respiratory tract, and has a mutually-
excluding relationship with the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. Here we report controlled …

Whole genome sequencing has revolutionized infectious disease surveillance for tracking
and monitoring the spread and evolution of pathogens. However, using a linear reference …

Commensal non-pathogenic Neisseria spp. live within the human host alongside the
pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and due to natural …

Genomic surveillance of bacterial meningitis pathogens is essential for effective disease
control globally, enabling identification of emerging and expanding strains and consequent …

Neisseria meningitidis, a commensal β-proteobacterium of the human nasopharynx,
constitutes a worldwide leading cause of sepsis and epidemic meningitis. A recent genome …

Through the past decade, MALDI-TOF MS has been recognized as a fast and robust tool for
identification of most bacteria in clinical microbiology. However, the accuracy of this method …

Objectives The goal of this work was to assess the genetic diversity of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae isolates in Russia and Europe and to compare the distribution of the N …