List of works by Brian Spratt

A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

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A locus contained within a variable region of pneumococcal pathogenicity island 1 contributes to virulence in mice

scientific article published on March 2004

A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for seven pathogenic Leptospira species

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Ability of pneumococcal serotypes and clones to cause acute otitis media: implications for the prevention of otitis media by conjugate vaccines

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Analysis of emergence of quinolone-resistant gonococci in Greece by combined use of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing and multilocus sequence typing

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Assessing the reliability of eBURST using simulated populations with known ancestry

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Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet

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Australian and Thai isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei are distinct by multilocus sequence typing: revision of a case of mistaken identity

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Bayesian semi-supervised classification of bacterial samples using MLST databases

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Building a genomic framework for prospective MRSA surveillance in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Burkholderia pseudomallei Genotype Distribution in the Northern Territory, Australia

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Burkholderia pseudomallei in unchlorinated domestic bore water, Tropical Northern Australia

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Changing epidemiologic profile of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in London

scientific article published on 25 August 2005

Characterization of German penicillin non-susceptible serotype 23F pneumococci using multilocus sequence typing

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Characterization of encapsulated and noncapsulated Haemophilus influenzae and determination of phylogenetic relationships by multilocus sequence typing

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Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae and Serotype‐ and Clone‐Specific Differences in Invasive Disease Potential

scientific article published on 04 April 2003

Comparison of two multilocus sequence based genotyping schemes for Leptospira species

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Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

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Concordance between Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypes recovered from known sexual contacts

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Correction: Risk Factors of Streptococcus suis Infection in Vietnam. A Case-Control Study

scientific article published on 26 April 2011

Correction: Risk Factors of Streptococcus suis Infection in Vietnam. A Case-Control Study.

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Corrigendum: Building a genomic framework for prospective MRSA surveillance in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

scientific article published on September 2017

Depleted uranium munitions-where are we now?

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Depleted uranium: a new battlefield hazard

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Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Displaying the relatedness among isolates of bacterial species -- the eBURST approach.

scientific article published in December 2004

Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in northern Australia, a land of diversity

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Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from inpatients of 30 hospitals in Orange County, California

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Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

Effects of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain background on complement resistance

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Emergence in Vietnam of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents as a result of dissemination of the multiresistant Spain(23F)-1 clone

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Emergence of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae clones expressing serotypes not present in the antipneumococcal conjugate vaccine

scientific article published on 11 November 2004

Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011

scientific article published on June 2015

Enhanced invasiveness of bovine-derived neonatal sequence type 17 group B streptococcus is independent of capsular serotype

scientific article published on 22 February 2006

EpiCollect+: linking smartphones to web applications for complex data collection projects

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

EpiCollect: linking smartphones to web applications for epidemiology, ecology and community data collection

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Epidemiological tracking and population assignment of the non-clonal bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei

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Evolutionary genetics of the capsular locus of serogroup 6 pneumococci

scientific article published on December 2004

Exploring Genetic Relatedness, Patterns of Evolutionary Descent, and the Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens Using Multilocus Sequence Typing

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Exploring the concept of clonality in bacteria

scientific article published on January 2004

Fuzzy species among recombinogenic bacteria

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Genetic analysis of the capsular biosynthetic locus from all 90 pneumococcal serotypes

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Genetic diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in Australia

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Genetic relatedness of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci

scientific article published on 31 August 2007

Genetics of resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Genomic Analysis and Comparison of Two Gonorrhea Outbreaks

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi: host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens

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Genomics. The genomic view of bacterial diversification

scientific article published in January 2011

Geographic distribution and clonal diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 isolates.

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Geographic distribution of Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections in Europe: a molecular-epidemiological analysis

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Geographical and demographic clustering of gonorrhoea in London

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

Global and regional dissemination and evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Group A Streptococcal Infections in Sweden: A Comparative Study of Invasive and Noninvasive Infections and Analysis of Dominant T28 emm28 Isolates

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Group A streptococci from a remote community have novel multilocus genotypes but share emm types and housekeeping alleles with isolates from worldwide sources.

scientific article published on 4 February 2004

Horizontal spread of an altered penicillin-binding protein 2B gene betweenStreptococcus pneumoniaeandStreptococcus oralis

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How clonal is Staphylococcus aureus?

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Human case of Streptococcus suis serotype 16 infection

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Identification of individuals with gonorrhoea within sexual networks: a population-based study

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Identification of melioidosis outbreak by multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis

scientific article published on February 2009

Identification of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in Poland by multilocus sequence typing

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Identity and prevalence of multilocus sequence typing-defined clones of group A streptococci within a hospital setting

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Improved multilocus sequence typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei and closely related species

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Influence of recombination and niche separation on the population genetic structure of the pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes

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Introduction: species and speciation in micro-organisms

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Invasiveness of serotypes and clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Finland

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Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Northern Australia are distinct by multilocus sequence typing, but strain types do not correlate with clinical presentation

scientific article published on December 2004

John Maynard Smith (1920-2004).

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Melioidosis as a consequence of sporting activity

scientific article published on 03 June 2013

Melioidosis from contaminated bore water and successful UV sterilization

scientific article published on 10 June 2013

Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia

scientific article published in July 2011

Melioidosis in New Caledonia

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Microbiology. Stomachs out of Africa

scientific article published in March 2003

Microreact: visualizing and sharing data for genomic epidemiology and phylogeography

scientific article (publication date: 30 November 2016)

Modelling bacterial speciation

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Molecular characterization of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from India

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Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Multilocus Sequence Typing and Evolutionary Relationships among the Causative Agents of Melioidosis and Glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei

scientific article (publication date: May 2003)

Multilocus Sequence Typing and Evolutionary Relationships among the Causative Agents of Melioidosis and Glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei

scientific article published in October 2003

Multilocus sequence typing of Candida albicans: strategies, data exchange and applications

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Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pyogenes representing most known emm types and distinctions among subpopulation genetic structures

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Multilocus sequence typing of Swedish invasive group B streptococcus isolates indicates a neonatally associated genetic lineage and capsule switching

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Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Staphylococcus aureus: revision of the gmk locus

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus

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Neutral microepidemic evolution of bacterial pathogens

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Nonrandom distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei clones in relation to geographical location and virulence

scientific article published on July 2006

Opinion: Re-evaluating prokaryotic species

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Patient sharing and population genetic structure of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article (publication date: 24 April 2012)

Pneumonia and septicemia caused by Burkholderia thailandensis in the United States

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Poor clinical outcome for meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype A strains containing the IS1016-bexA deletion

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Population genetic structuring of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone EMRSA-15 within UK reflects patient referral patterns

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Predicted functions and linkage specificities of the products of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci

scientific article published on 31 August 2007

Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes

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Predicting phenotype and emerging strains among Chlamydia trachomatis infections.

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Predictors of hospitals with endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Primary ocular melioidosis due to a single genotype of Burkholderia pseudomallei in two cats from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia

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Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

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Rapid sequence-based identification of gonococcal transmission clusters in a large metropolitan area

scientific article published on 31 March 2004

Recombination and the nature of bacterial speciation

scientific article published on January 2007

Relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the diversification of the opa gene repertoire of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 29 December 2008

Retraction

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Risk factors of Streptococcus suis infection in Vietnam. A case-control study

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Sequences, sequence clusters and bacterial species

scientific article published on November 2006

Special feature on evolution and genetics in medicine.

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Stability of serotypes during nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Superantigenic activity of emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes is abrogated by a conserved, naturally occurring smeZ mutation

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Temporal and Geographic Stability of the Serogroup‐Specific Invasive Disease Potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children

scientific article published on 25 August 2004

The 2011 Garrod Lecture: From penicillin-binding proteins to molecular epidemiology

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The evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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The impact of homologous recombination on the generation of diversity in bacteria.

scientific article published on 19 October 2005

The multilocus sequence typing network: mlst.net

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Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an urban slum community

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Using BOX-PCR to exclude a clonal outbreak of melioidosis

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Using multilocus sequence data to define the pneumococcus

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Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Pathogen Surveillance in Public Health: a Population Snapshot of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

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Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing

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Whole-genome sequencing confirms that Burkholderia pseudomallei multilocus sequence types common to both Cambodia and Australia are due to homoplasy

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