Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Microevolution of Neisseria lactamica during nasopharyngeal colonisation induced by controlled human infection

  • Anish Pandey,
  • David W. Cleary,
  • Jay R. Laver,
  • Andrew Gorringe,
  • Alice M. Deasy,
  • Adam P. Dale,
  • Paul D. Morris,
  • Xavier Didelot,
  • Martin C. J. Maiden,
  • Robert C. Read

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07235-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Carriage of Neisseria lactamica, a harmless coloniser of the human respiratory tract, is inversely correlated with Neisseria meningitidis infection. Here, Pandey et al. provide insights into micro-evolutionary processes in N. lactamica during controlled infection of healthy volunteers.