Large scale genomic analysis shows no evidence for repeated pathogen adaptation during the invasive phase of bacterial meningitis in humans
John Lees, Philip H. C. Kremer, Ana S Manso, Nicholas J Croucher, Bart Ferwerda, Mercedes Valls Serón, Marco R Oggioni, Julian Parkhill, Matthjis C Brouwer, Arie van der Ende, Diederik van de Beek, Stephen D Bentley
This study analyzes genomic variation in meningitis pathogens to determine if adaptation occurs during the invasive phase, finding no evidence of such adaptation for four species.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2016Genomics