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Lesley McGee
Affiliation : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 14Publications (affiliation in the United States)
- 271Total publications
- 11680Citations
- 49h-index
Research profile
Lesley McGee has 14 indexed publications (2004–2025). Their work appears mainly in “eLife”, “The Journal of Infectious Diseases” and “Clinical Microbiology Reviews”. Their most cited article, “Pneumococcal Capsular Switching: A Historical Perspective” (2012), has been cited 183 times. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
Publications (14)
- Update on the evolving landscape of pneumococcal capsule types: new discoveries and way forward
- Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study
- A Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage usually associated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) serotypes is the most common cause of serotype 35B invasive disease in South Africa, following routine use of PCV
- The role of interspecies recombination in the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci
- Emergence of a multidrug resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13
- Author response: The role of interspecies recombination in the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci
- A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa
- A novel mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet (S/M) detected in a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa
- Global emergence and population dynamics of divergent serotype 3 CC180 pneumococci
- Global Distribution of Invasive Serotype 35D Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates following Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Prevention of Antibiotic-Nonsusceptible Invasive Pneumococcal Disease With the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Evidence for Clonal Expansion After Antibiotic Selection Pressure: Pneumococcal Multilocus Sequence Types Before and After Mass Azithromycin Treatments
- Pneumococcal Capsular Switching: A Historical Perspective
- Emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Very-High-Level Resistance to Penicillin
Publication venues
- eLife × 2
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases × 2
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews × 1
- The Lancet Microbe × 1
- Microbial Genomics × 1
- medRxiv × 1
Publications per year
- 20251
- 20222
- 20213
- 20192
- 20182
- 20161
- 20141
- 20121
- 20041
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Emory University · Harvard University · Emory Global Health Institute · National Center for Infectious Diseases · University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-authors’ countries : Uganda · Kenya · South Africa · United Kingdom
Co-authors
- Robert F. Breiman
- Paulina A. Hawkins
- Keith P. Klugman
- Bernard Beall
- Stephen Obaro
- Benjamin J. Metcalf
- William Paul Hanage
- Yuan Li
- Jennifer R. Verani
- Herminia de LENCASTRE
- Jeremy David Keenan
- Gail L. Rodgers
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