In March 2026, an unusually large outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Kent, UK, was linked to attendance at one nightclub over a single weekend. The outbreak organism was a Neisseria meningitidis variant belonging to the longstanding hyperinvasive genotype, cc41/44. Using genome analysis of six isolates...
C. Rodrigues, J. Lucidarme, R. Exley et al.· bioRxiv· 0 citations
ABSTRACT Neisseria gonorrhoeae, an obligate human pathogen, causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. Delayed treatment or immunodeficiencies can result in a higher risk of disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), where the infection spreads to normally sterile anatomic sites, including the bloodstream. The...
N. Nunnally, J. Stoudenmire, O. Harrison et al.· Microbiology spectrum· 0 citations
It is postulate that Skp in Neisseria must utilize a different mechanism than in E. coli to stabilize substrates by expanding and contracting along its long axis to accommodate substrates of differing sizes.
S. Dubey, J. Stoudenmire, P. Gheinani et al.· Structure· 0 citations
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