Development of Real-Time PCR Methods for the Detection of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens without DNA Extraction von Vuong, Jeni, Collard, Jean-Marc, Whaley, Melissa J, Bassira, Issaka, Seidou, Issaka, Diarra, Seydou, Ouédraogo, Rasmata T, Kambiré, Dinanibè, Taylor, Jr, Thomas H, Sacchi, Claudio, Mayer, Leonard W, Wang, Xin

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Evaluation and Improvement of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting lytA, ply, and psaA Genes for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA von CARVALHO, Maria Da Gloria S, TONDELLA, Maria Lucia, CARLONE, George, ADES, Edwin W, DAGAN, Ron, SAMPSON, Jacquelyn S, MCCAUSTLAND, Karen, WEIDLICH, Luciana, MCGEE, Lesley, MAYER, Leonard W, STEIGERWALT, Arnold, WHALEY, Melissa, FACKLAM, Richard R, FIELDS, Barry

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Changes in Neisseria meningitidis Disease Epidemiology in the United States, 1998–2007: Implications for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease von Cohn, Amanda C., MacNeil, Jessica R., Harrison, Lee H., Hatcher, Cynthia, Theodore, Jordan, Schmidt, Mark, Pondo, Tracy, Arnold, Kathryn E., Baumbach, Joan, Bennett, Nancy, Craig, Allen S., Farley, Monica, Gershman, Ken, Petit, Susan, Lynfield, Ruth, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Shutt, Kathleen A., Zell, Elizabeth R., Mayer, Leonard W., Clark, Thomas, Stephens, David, Messonnier, Nancy E.

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Application of TaqMan Low-Density Arrays for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Respiratory Pathogens von KODANI, Maja, GENYAN YANG, FEIKIN, Daniel R, NJENGA, M. Kariuki, MAYER, Leonard W, OBERSTE, M. Steven, TONDELLA, Maria Lucia C, WINCHELL, Jonas M, LINDSTROM, Stephen L, ERDMAN, Dean D, FIELDS, Barry S, CONKLIN, Laura M, TRAVIS, Tatiana C, WHITNEY, Cynthia G, ANDERSON, Larry J, SCHRAG, Stephanie J, TAYLOR, Thomas H, BEALL, Bernard W, BREIMAN, Robert F

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Genomic characterization and computational phenotyping of nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from Colombian sugarcane fields von Medina-Cordoba, Luz K., Chande, Aroon T., Rishishwar, Lavanya, Mayer, Leonard W., Valderrama-Aguirre, Lina C., Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Gaby, John Christian, Kostka, Joel E., Jordan, I. King

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Clinical Validation of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens von XIN WANG, JORDAN THEODORE, M, VON GOTTBERG, Anne, SACCHI, Claudio, MATTHEW MCDONALD, J, MESSONNIER, Nancy E, MAYER, Leonard W, MAIR, Raydel, TRUJILLO-LOPEZ, Elizabeth, DU PLESSIS, Mignon, WOLTER, Nicole, BAUGHMAN, Andrew L, HATCHER, Cynthia, VUONG, Jeni, LOTT, Lisa

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Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis von Wu, Henry M, Cordeiro, Soraia M, Harcourt, Brian H, Carvalho, Mariadaglorias, Azevedo, Jailton, Oliveira, Tainara Q, Leite, Mariela C, Salgado, Katia, Reis, Mitermayer G, Plikaytis, Brian D, Clark, Thomas A, Mayer, Leonard W, Ko, Albert I, Martin, Stacey W, Reis, Joice N

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Serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccination in Burkina Faso: analysis of national surveillance data von Novak, Ryan T, Dr, Kambou, Jean Ludovic, MD, Diomandé, Fabien VK, MD, Tarbangdo, Tiga F, MSc, Ouédraogo-Traoré, Rasmata, Prof, Sangaré, Lassana, Prof, Lingani, Clement, MSc, Martin, Stacey W, MSc, Hatcher, Cynthia, MPH, Mayer, Leonard W, PhD, LaForce, F Marc, MD, Avokey, Fenella, MD, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, MD, Messonnier, Nancy E, MD, Tiendrébéogo, Sylvestre R, MD, Clark, Thomas A, MD

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Sequence Diversity of the Factor H Binding Protein Vaccine Candidate in Epidemiologically Relevant Strains of Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis von Murphy, Ellen, Andrew, Lubomira, Lee, Kwok-Leung, Dilts, Deborah A., Nunez, Lorna, Fink, Pamela S., Ambrose, Karita, Borrow, Ray, Findlow, Jamie, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Kriz, Paula, Musilek, Martin, Kalmusova, Jitka, Caugant, Dominique A., Alvestad, Torill, Mayer, Leonard W., Sacchi, Claudio T., Wang, Xin, Martin, Diana, von Gottberg, Anne, du Plessis, Mignon, Klugman, Keith P., Anderson, Annaliesa S., Jansen, Kathrin U., Zlotnick, Gary W., Hoiseth, Susan K.

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Predicting the Susceptibility of Meningococcal Serogroup B Isolates to Bactericidal Antibodies Elicited by Bivalent rLP2086, a Novel Prophylactic Vaccine von McNeil, Lisa K, Donald, Robert G K, Gribenko, Alexey, French, Roger, Lambert, Nathaniel, Harris, Shannon L, Jones, Thomas R, Li, Sheng, Zlotnick, Gary, Vogel, Ulrich, Claus, Heike, Abad, Raquel, Vazquez, Julio A, Borrow, Ray, Findlow, Jamie, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Caugant, Dominique A, Kriz, Paula, Musilek, Martin, Wang, Xin, Vuong, Jeni, Mayer, Leonard W, Pride, Michael W, Jansen, Kathrin U, Anderson, Annaliesa S

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Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates from countries in the African meningitis belt before introduction of a serogroup A conjugate vaccine von Caugant, Dominique A, Kristiansen, Paul A, Wang, Xin, Mayer, Leonard W, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Ouédraogo, Rasmata, Kandolo, Denis, Bougoudogo, Flabou, Sow, Samba, Bonte, Laurence

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Haemophilus haemolyticus Isolates Causing Clinical Disease von ANDERSON, Raydel, XIN WANG, BRIERE, Elizabeth C, KATZ, Lee S, COHN, Amanda C, CLARK, Thomas A, MESSONNIER, Nancy E, MAYER, Leonard W

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Population-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis in China, September 2006-December 2009 von Li, Yixing, Yin, Zundong, Shao, Zhujun, Li, Manshi, Liang, Xiaofeng, Sandhu, Hardeep S, Hadler, Stephen C, Li, Junhong, Sun, Yinqi, Li, Jing, Zou, Wenjing, Lin, Mei, Zuo, Shuyan, Mayer, Leonard W, Novak, Ryan T, Zhu, Bingqing, Xu, Li, Luo, Huiming

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Population Structure and Capsular Switching of Invasive Neisseria meningitidis Isolates in the Pre-Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era—United States, 2000–2005 von Harrison, Lee H., Shutt, Kathleen A., Schmink, Susanna E., Marsh, Jane W., Harcourt, Brian H., Wang, Xin, Whitney, Anne M., Stephens, David S., Cohn, Amanda A., Messonnier, Nancy E., Mayer, Leonard W.

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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W, Burkina Faso, 2012 von MacNeil, Jessica R, Medah, Isaïe, Koussoubé, Daouda, Novak, Ryan T, Cohn, Amanda C, Diomandé, Fabien V K, Yelbeogo, Denis, Kambou, Jean Ludovic, Tarbangdo, Tiga F, Ouédraogo-Traoré, Rasmata, Sangaré, Lassana, Hatcher, Cynthia, Vuong, Jeni, Mayer, Leonard W, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, Clark, Thomas A, Messonnier, Nancy E

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Species-Specific Identification of Leptospiraceae by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing von MOREY, Roger E, GALLOWAY, Renee L, BRAGG, Sandra L, STEIGERWALT, Arnold G, MAYER, Leonard W, LEVETT, Paul N

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Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR von Levett, Paul N, Morey, Roger E, Galloway, Renee L, Turner, Danielle E, Steigerwalt, Arnold G, Mayer, Leonard W

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Genomic Epidemiology of Hypervirulent Serogroup W, ST-11 Neisseria meningitidis von Mustapha, Mustapha M., Marsh, Jane W., Krauland, Mary G., Fernandez, Jorge O., de Lemos, Ana Paula S., Dunning Hotopp, Julie C., Wang, Xin, Mayer, Leonard W., Lawrence, Jeffrey G., Hiller, N. Luisa, Harrison, Lee H.

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Whole genome sequencing to investigate the emergence of clonal complex 23 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y disease in the United States von Krauland, Mary G, Dunning Hotopp, Julie C, Riley, David R, Daugherty, Sean C, Marsh, Jane W, Messonnier, Nancy E, Mayer, Leonard W, Tettelin, Hervé, Harrison, Lee H

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Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: a rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracis von Sacchi, Claudio T, Whitney, Anne M, Mayer, Leonard W, Morey, Roger, Steigerwalt, Arnold, Boras, Arijana, Weyant, Robin S, Popovic, Tanja

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