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A UK clinical isolate of Bordetella hinzii from a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome

scientific article published in December 2007

A case of cutaneous toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans likely acquired from a domestic dog

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

A case-control study to estimate the effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in protecting newborn infants in England and Wales, 2012-2013.

scientific article published on 19 October 2014

A christening party outbreak of haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O 157.H7

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Addition of neuA, the gene encoding N-acylneuraminate cytidylyl transferase, increases the discriminatory ability of the consensus sequence-based scheme for typing Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains.

scientific article published on 4 April 2007

Amplified fragment-length polymorphism analysis.

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An evaluation of intergenic rRNA gene sequence length polymorphism analysis for the identification of Legionella species

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

An outbreak of serious illness and death among injecting drug users in England during 2000.

scientific article published in November 2002

Analysis of Bordetella pertussis clinical isolates circulating in European countries during the period 1998-2012.

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Antibody responses to individual Bordetella pertussis fimbrial antigen Fim2 or Fim3 following immunization with the five-component acellular pertussis vaccine or to pertussis disease.

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Application of Legionella pneumophila-specific quantitative real-time PCR combined with direct amplification and sequence-based typing in the diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of Legionnaires' disease.

scientific article published on 26 January 2012

Assessment of Intercentre Reproducibility and Epidemiological Concordance of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Genotyping by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Assessment of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis for epidemiological genotyping of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1.

scientific article published in September 2005

Bordetella pertussis isolates vary in their interactions with human complement components.

scientific article published on 9 May 2018

Bordetella pertussis strains circulating in Europe in 1999 to 2004 as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

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Bordetella petrii clinical isolate.

scientific article published on July 2005

Characteristics of Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease After the Introduction of the 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in England and Wales, 2010-2016

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Childhood Deaths Attributable to Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in England and Wales, 2006-2014.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Clinical streptococcal isolates, distinct from Streptococcus pneumoniae, but containing the β-glucosyltransferase tts gene and expressing serotype 37 capsular polysaccharide.

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

Clonal population structure of Legionella pneumophila inferred from allelic profiling.

scientific article published in March 2008

Colonisation with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in a Scottish burns patient, June 2015.

scientific article published on December 2015

Comparison of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila obtained in the UK over 19 years

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Comparison of the Legionella pneumophila population structure as determined by sequence-based typing and whole genome sequencing

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Consensus sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila

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Culture-positive Bartonella quintana endocarditis

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Current epidemiology of tetanus in England, 2001-2014.

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

DORA Editorial

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Designation of the European Working Group on Legionella Infection (EWGLI) amplified fragment length polymorphism types of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and results of intercentre proficiency testing Using a standard protocol

scientific article published on 26 September 2002

Development of an Extended-Specificity Multiplex Immunoassay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-Specific Antigen in Urine by Use of Human Monoclonal Antibodies.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Development, validation and implementation of a quadruplex real-time PCR assay for identification of potentially toxigenic corynebacteria.

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Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Infections Caused by Legionella spp.

scientific article published in January 1998

Differences in the genomic content of Bordetella pertussis isolates before and after introduction of pertussis vaccines in four European countries

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Diphtheria in Belgium: 2010-2017

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S ribosomal DNA of an intracellular Legionella species recovered by amoebal enrichment from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia

scientific article published in October 1991

Direct molecular typing of Bordetella pertussis from clinical specimens submitted for diagnostic quantitative (real-time) PCR.

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

Discovery and description of a new serogroup 7 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype, 7D, and structural analysis of 7C and 7D.

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Distribution of Legionella pneumophila serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and DNA sequence types in recent clinical and environmental isolates from England and Wales (2000-2008).

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Effect of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive disease in older adults of 10 European countries: implications for adult vaccination

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in England: an observational study.

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: A case-control test-negative design study

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Evaluation of PCR methods for the diagnosis of pertussis by the European surveillance network for vaccine-preventable diseases (EUVAC.NET).

scientific article published on 23 April 2013

Evaluation of an Optimal Epidemiological Typing Scheme for Legionella pneumophila with Whole-Genome Sequence Data Using Validation Guidelines

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Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 in England and Wales: A Major Vaccine Evader

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Extension of the Legionella pneumophila sequence-based typing scheme to include strains carrying a variant of the N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase gene.

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

External Quality Assurance for Laboratory Identification and Capsular Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

External quality assessment of a DNA sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of Legionella pneumophila by an international network of laboratories

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Genomic analysis of isolates from the United Kingdom 2012 pertussis outbreak reveals that vaccine antigen genes are unusually fast evolving

scientific article published on 8 December 2014

Genotypic Variation in the Bordetella pertussis Virulence Factors Pertactin and Pertussis Toxin in Historical and Recent Clinical Isolates in the United Kingdom.

scientific article published in October 2001

Global population structure and evolution of Bordetella pertussis and their relationship with vaccination

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

Haemorrhagic colitis and Vero-cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in England and Wales.

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Identification of Bartonella bacilliformis genotypes and their relevance to epidemiological investigations of human bartonellosis

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Identification of variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) sequences in Legionella pneumophila and development of an optimized multiple-locus VNTR analysis typing scheme

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

Improvement in serological diagnosis of pertussis by external quality assessment

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

In praise of preprints

scientific article published on 2 April 2019

Investigation of the population structure of Legionella pneumophila by analysis of tandem repeat copy number and internal sequence variation.

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Investigations into the emergence of pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis isolates in six European countries, 1996 to 2012.

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

Laboratory diagnosis of pertussis infections: the role of PCR and serology

scientific article published in June 2004

Legionella pneumophila strain 130b possesses a unique combination of type IV secretion systems and novel Dot/Icm secretion system effector proteins

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Modelling anti-pertussis toxin IgG antibody decay following primary and preschool vaccination with an acellular pertussis vaccine in UK subjects using a modified oral fluid assay

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Montelukast for postinfectious cough in adults: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

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New Public Health England guidelines for managing pertussis in England.

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Nosocomial Outbreak of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 9V in an Adult Respiratory Medicine Ward

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Oral fluid testing for pertussis, England and wales, june 2007-august 2009.

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Pertussis outbreak on a neonatal unit: identification of a healthcare worker as the likely source.

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Plasticity of fimbrial genotype and serotype within populations of Bordetella pertussis: analysis by paired flow cytometry and genome sequencing.

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Pneumococcal 23B Molecular Subtype Identified Using Whole Genome Sequencing.

scientific article published on August 2017

Pneumococcal carriage in children and their household contacts six years after introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in England.

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana

scientific article published on February 2002

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of Bordetella pertussis isolates circulating in Europe from 1998 to 2009.

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Rapid Spread of Pneumococcal Nonvaccine Serotype 7C Previously Associated with Vaccine Serotype 19F, England and Wales

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Rapid increase in non-vaccine serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in England and Wales, 2000-17: a prospective national observational cohort study.

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Re-validation and update of an extended-specificity multiplex assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular serotype/serogroup-specific antigen and cell-wall polysaccharide in urine specimens

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Related assemblages of sulphate-reducing bacteria associated with ultradeep gold mines of South Africa and deep basalt aquifers of Washington State

scientific article published in April 2003

Role of PCR in the diagnosis of pertussis infection in infants: 5 years' experience of provision of a same-day real-time PCR service in England and Wales from 2002 to 2007.

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Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 offers the potential for true portability in legionellosis outbreak investigation.

scientific article published on July 2003

Serious pneumococcal disease outbreak in men exposed to metal fume - detection, response and future prevention through pneumococcal vaccination.

scientific article published on 17 June 2017

Surveillance of Circulating Bordetella pertussis Strains in Europe during 1998 to 2015

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Survey of Household Contacts of Infants With Laboratory-confirmed Pertussis Infection During a National Pertussis Outbreak in England and Wales

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Sustained Effectiveness of the Maternal Pertussis Immunization Program in England 3 Years Following Introduction.

scientific article published on December 2016

Taxonomic considerations of Bartonella bacilliformis based on phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics.

scientific article published in October 1991

The N-acylneuraminate cytidyltransferase gene, neuA, is heterogenous in Legionella pneumophila strains but can be used as a marker for epidemiological typing in the consensus sequence-based typing scheme

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

The first UK isolate of 'Bordetella ansorpii' from an immunocompromised patient

scientific article published in July 2007

The public health implications of a sporadic case of culture-proven Legionnaires' disease

scientific article published on December 2005

The use of 16S ribosomal RNA analyses to investigate the phylogeny of the family Legionellaceae

scientific article published in May 1991

The use of sorbitol-MacConkey agar in conjunction with a specific antiserum for the detection of Vero cytotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli O 157.

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Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans associated with upper respiratory infections in cats and dogs

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Transmission of toxigenic by a fully immunised resident returning from a visit to West Africa, United Kingdom, 2017

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Typing methods for legionella.

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What to do and what not to do in serological diagnosis of pertussis: recommendations from EU reference laboratories ⬇️

scientific article published on November 11, 2010

Whole genome sequencing of Streptococcus pneumoniae: development, evaluation and verification of targets for serogroup and serotype prediction using an automated pipeline

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Whooping cough in school age children presenting with persistent cough in UK primary care after introduction of the preschool pertussis booster vaccination: prospective cohort study

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