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ReviewFuture microbiology2012

Evolutionary and genomic insights into meningococcal biology.

Holly B Bratcher, Julia S Bennett, Martin C J Maiden

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Review in Future microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparative Genome Analysis ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
    Article
  2. Establishment of the European meningococcal strain collection genome library (EMSC-GL) for the 2011 to 2012 epidemiological year.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018
    Article
  3. A null model for microbial diversification.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
    Article
  4. The CRISPR-Cas9 system in Neisseria spp.Pathogens and disease · 2017
    Review
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  8. Meningococcal vaccine antigen diversity in global databases.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Holly B BratcherDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
Julia S Bennett
Martin C J Maiden
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 087622
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemic disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, has been recognized for two centuries, but remains incompletely controlled and understood. There have been dramatic reductions in serogroup A and C meningococcal disease following the introduction of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines, but there is currently no comprehensive vaccine against serogroup B meningococci. Genetic analyses of meningococcal populations have provided many insights into the biology, evolution and pathogenesis of this important pathogen. The meningococcus, and its close relative the gonococcus, are the only pathogenic members of the genus Neisseria, and the invasive propensity of meningococci varies widely, with approximately a dozen 'hyperinvasive lineages' responsible for most disease. Despite this, attempts to identify a 'pathogenome', a subset of genes associated with the invasive phenotypes, have failed; however, genome-wide studies of representative meningococcal isolates using high-throughput sequencing are beginning to provide details on the relationship of invasive phenotype and genotype in this fascinating organism and how this relationship has evolved.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularMetagenomicsDatabases, GeneticGenotypeHumansMeningococcal InfectionsMeningococcal VaccinesMolecular EpidemiologyNeisseria meningitidisNeisseria meningitidis, Serogroup BPhenotypeMeningococcal Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID22827308
PMCPMC3492750
OpenAlexW2065160850

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