List of works by David S. Stephens

420. Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Meningococcal Carriage in an Urban STD Clinic

A Population-Based Assessment of the Impact of 7- and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Macrolide-Resistant Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Emergence and Decline of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A (CC320) With Dual Macrolide Resistan

scientific article published on September 2017

A case of naturally acquired inhalation anthrax: clinical care and analyses of anti-protective antigen immunoglobulin G and lethal factor

scientific article published on 26 February 2007

Analysis in Neisseria meningitidis and other Neisseria species of genes homologous to the FKBP immunophilin family

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Anthrax lethal toxin paralyzes neutrophil actin-based motility

scientific article published on 21 July 2005

Antimicrobial peptide resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Antimicrobial peptides and endotoxin inhibit cytokine and nitric oxide release but amplify respiratory burst response in human and murine macrophages

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Assessing the risk of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease

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Attachment and invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to host cells is related to surface hydrophobicity, bacterial cell size and capsule

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Autoregulation of the MisR/MisS two-component signal transduction system in Neisseria meningitidis

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Biofilm formation by Neisseria meningitidis

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Capsule switching of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published in January 1997

Cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

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Changes in Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology in the United States, 1998-2007: implications for prevention of meningococcal disease

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Characterization of the gene cassette required for biosynthesis of the (alpha1-->6)-linked N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-1-phosphate capsule of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis.

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Comparative genomics of Neisseria meningitidis: core genome, islands of horizontal transfer and pathogen-specific genes

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Composite mobile genetic elements disseminating macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Deletions of Tn916-like transposons are implicated in tetM-mediated resistance in pathogenic Neisseria.

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Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus

scientific article published on April 2013

Development and evaluation of an improved mouse model of meningococcal colonization

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Differential Induction of the Toll-Like Receptor 4-MyD88-Dependent and -Independent Signaling Pathways by Endotoxins

scientific article published in 2006

Differential induction of the toll-like receptor 4-MyD88-dependent and -independent signaling pathways by endotoxins

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Diversity of factor H-binding protein in Neisseria meningitidis carriage isolates.

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Economics of an adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination catch-up campaign in the United States

scientific article published in January 2008

Effect of the (alpha 2-->8)-linked polysialic acid capsule on adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human mucosal cells

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Emergence of a new Neisseria meningitidis clonal complex 11 lineage 11.2 clade as an effective urogenital pathogen

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Emergence of a novel urogenital-tropic Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Endotoxin of Neisseria meningitidis composed only of intact lipid A: inactivation of the meningococcal 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase.

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Environmental survival of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Neisseria meningitidis

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Expansion of a urethritis-associated Neisseria meningitidis clade in the United States with concurrent acquisition of N. gonorrhoeae alleles

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Expression of sialic acid and polysialic acid in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis: divergent transcription of biosynthesis and transport operons through a common promoter region.

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Fatal inhalational anthrax in a 94-year-old Connecticut woman

scientific article published in February 2002

Genetic Basis for NongroupableNeisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on April 30, 2003

Genetic basis for biosynthesis of the (alpha 1-->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate capsule of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X.

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Genetic basis for biosynthesis, structure, and function of meningococcal lipooligosaccharide (endotoxin)

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Genotype-specific carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in Georgia counties with hyper- and hyposporadic rates of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 07 June 2002

Good News and Bad News - 4CMenB Vaccine for Group B Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Herd immunity and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a quantitative model

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

Heteroresistance to the model antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B in the emerging Neisseria meningitidis linage11.2 urethritis clade: mutations in the pilMNOPQ operon

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Hexa-acylation and KDO(2)-glycosylation determine the specific immunostimulatory activity of Neisseria meningitidis lipid A for human monocyte derived dendritic cells.

scientific article published on 4 October 2005

High-Level Macrolide Resistance Due to the Mega Element [(E)/] in

scientific article published in 2019

Human MD-2 discrimination of meningococcal lipid A structures and activation of TLR4

scientific article published on 02 June 2007

Human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 induces MefE/Mel-mediated macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Immune responses to Bacillus anthracis protective antigen in patients with bioterrorism-related cutaneous or inhalation anthrax

scientific article published on 30 August 2004

Impact of bioterrorism preparedness on the public health response to the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine crisis

scientific article published on November 2005

In vivo determination of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide by whole cell high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy.

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Incidence of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: population-based assessment

scientific article published in March 2005

Induction of efflux-mediated macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Industry-related outbreak of human anthrax.

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Infection and vaccine-induced antibody binding and neutralization of the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant

scientific article published in March 2021

Inner core assembly and structure of the lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis: capacity of strain NMB to express all known immunotype epitopes.

scientific article published on December 2004

Inner core biosynthesis of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: identification and role in LOS assembly of the alpha1,2 N-acetylglucosamine transferase (RfaK).

scientific article published on March 1996

KpsF is the arabinose-5-phosphate isomerase required for 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid biosynthesis and for both lipooligosaccharide assembly and capsular polysaccharide expression in Neisseria meningitidis

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Large Cluster of Neisseria Meningitidis Urethritis in Columbus, Ohio, 2015.

scientific article published on 08 May 2017

Lipooligosaccharide structure contributes to multiple steps in the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis

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Macrolide efflux in Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by a dual efflux pump (mel and mef) and is erythromycin inducible

scientific article published on October 2005

Management of anthrax meningitis

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Mass chemoprophylaxis for control of outbreaks of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020

scientific article published on 25 September 2020

Meningococcal carriage among Georgia and Maryland high school students

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Meningococcal disease: changes in epidemiology and prevention

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

MisR/MisS two-component regulon in Neisseria meningitidis.

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Modification of lipooligosaccharide with phosphoethanolamine by LptA in Neisseria meningitidis enhances meningococcal adhesion to human endothelial and epithelial cells

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Molecular signatures of antibody responses derived from a systems biology study of five human vaccines

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Multiple lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases in Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published in June 1999

Neisseria meningitidis lipooligosaccharide structure-dependent activation of the macrophage CD14/Toll-like receptor 4 pathway

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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W-135 carriage among US travelers to the 2001 Hajj.

scientific article published on 29 November 2004

Neisseria meningitidis urethritis outbreak isolates express a novel factor H binding protein allele that is a potential target of MenB directed meningococcal vaccines

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Neisseria meningitidis: biology, microbiology, and epidemiology.

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Notes from the Field: Increase in Neisseria meningitidis-Associated Urethritis Among Men at Two Sentinel Clinics - Columbus, Ohio, and Oakland County, Michigan, 2015.

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O-Acetylation of the terminal N-acetylglucosamine of the lipooligosaccharide inner core in Neisseria meningitidis. Influence on inner core structure and assembly.

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Paclitaxel binding to human and murine MD-2.

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Pathogenesis and diagnosis of human meningococcal disease using immunohistochemical and PCR assays.

scientific article published in November 2004

Pathology and pathogenesis of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax

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Phase variable changes in genes lgtA and lgtC within the lgtABCDE operon of Neisseria gonorrhoeae can modulate gonococcal susceptibility to normal human serum

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Phosphoethanolamine substitution of lipid A and resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to cationic antimicrobial peptides and complement-mediated killing by normal human serum

scientific article published on 29 December 2008

Physicochemical characterization and biological activity of lipooligosaccharides and lipid A from Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on January 2007

Pilus backbone protein PitB of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains stabilizing intramolecular isopeptide bonds

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Pleomorphic Structures in Human Blood Are Red Blood Cell-Derived Microparticles, Not Bacteria

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Polymorphisms in pilin glycosylation Locus of Neisseria meningitidis expressing class II pili.

scientific article published on June 2001

Population structure and capsular switching of invasive Neisseria meningitidis isolates in the pre-meningococcal conjugate vaccine era--United States, 2000-2005

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Potent anti-inflammatory activity of novel microtubule-modulating brominated noscapine analogs

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Preventing influenza: vaccine systems and practices in the Southeast

scientific article published on November 2006

Rapid Generation of Neutralizing Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Rapid generation of neutralizing antibody responses in COVID-19 patients

scientific article published on 08 May 2020

Reduced binding and neutralization of infection- and vaccine-induced antibodies to the B.1.351 (South African) SARS-CoV-2 variant

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Regulation of capsule in Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Repeat Episodes of Symptomatic Urethritis Due to a Uropathogenic Meningococcal Clade

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Reply letter to "Fatal meningococcemia due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab"

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Reply to "A refugee patient with meningococcal meningitis type B."

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

Requirement of NMB0065 for connecting assembly and export of sialic acid capsular polysaccharides in Neisseria meningitidis

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Specific, sensitive, and quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for human immunoglobulin G antibodies to anthrax toxin protective antigen

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TLR4-dependent adjuvant activity of Neisseria meningitidis lipid A

scientific article published on 02 April 2007

The (alpha2-->8)-linked polysialic acid capsule and lipooligosaccharide structure both contribute to the ability of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis to resist the bactericidal activity of normal human serum

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The Changing Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease in the United States, 1992–1996

scholarly article by Nancy E. Messonnier et al published December 1999 in Journal of Infectious Diseases

The MisR/MisS two-component regulatory system influences inner core structure and immunotype of lipooligosaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis.

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The Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide O-3 and O-4 acetyltransferase.

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The human host defense peptide LL-37 interacts with Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharides and inhibits inflammatory mediators release

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The lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strain NMB contains L2, L3, and novel oligosaccharides, and lacks the lipid-A 4'-phosphate substituent

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

The structure of the L9 immunotype lipooligosaccharide from Neisseria meningitidis NMA Z2491

scientific article published on 02 September 2008

Transcriptional attenuation controls macrolide inducible efflux and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and in other Gram-positive bacteria containing mef/mel(msr(D)) elements

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Transcriptional regulation of divergent capsule biosynthesis and transport operon promoters in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

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Translocation and surface expression of lipidated serogroup B capsular Polysaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis.

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Transmission Dynamics and Microevolution of Neisseria Meningitidis During Carriage and Invasive Disease in High School Students, Georgia and Maryland, USA, 2006-2007

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Two glycosyltransferase genes, lgtF and rfaK, constitute the lipooligosaccharide ice (inner core extension) biosynthesis operon of Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on December 1996

Updated Recommendations for Use of MenB-FHbp Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2016.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2019

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Workshop on vaccine pressure and Neisseria meningitidis, Annecy, France, 9-11 March 2005

scientific article published on 19 March 2007

exl, an exchangeable genetic island in Neisseria meningitidis

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sodC-based real-time PCR for detection of Neisseria meningitidis

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