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FHbp variants among meningococci of serogroup B in Italy: Evolution and selective pressure, 2014-2017.

Alessandra Lo PrestiAnna CarannanteCecilia FazioArianna NeriPaola VaccaLuigina AmbrosioFlorigio ListaSilvia FilloPaola Stefanelli
Published in: PloS one (2023)
The study pointed out the need for continued genomic surveillance for meningococci to monitor selective pressure and amino acidic changes. Monitoring the genetic diversity and molecular evolution of FHbp variants may be useful to investigate genetic diversity which may emerge over time.
Keyphrases
  • genetic diversity
  • copy number
  • dna methylation
  • gene expression