Association of Neisseria gonorrhoeae plasmids with distinct lineages and the economic status of their country of origin

Plasmids are vehicles for horizontal gene transfer between bacteria, and in Neisseria gonorrhoeae plasmids can mediate high-level antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Using genomic and phylogenetic analyses, we show that plasmids are widespread in a collection of 3724 gonococcal isolates from 56 countrie...

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Autors principals: Cehovin, A, Jolley, KA, Maiden, MCJ, Harrison, OB, Tang, CM
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Oxford University Press 2020

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