Rarely Occurring 19A-Like cps Locus from a Serotype 19F Pneumococcal Isolate Indicates Continued Need of Serology-Based Quality Control for PCR-Based Serotype Determinations

by Pimenta, Fabiana C., Gertz, Robert E., Roundtree, Alexis, Yu, Jigui, Nahm, Moon H., McDonald, Ryan R., da Gloria Carvalho, Maria, Beall, Bernard W.
Published 2009

Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

by Pimenta, Fabiana C., Roundtree, Alexis, Soysal, Ahmet, Bakir, Mustafa, du Plessis, Mignon, Wolter, Nicole, von Gottberg, Anne, McGee, Lesley, Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Beall, Bernard
Published 2013

Revisiting Pneumococcal Carriage by Use of Broth Enrichment and PCR Techniques for Enhanced Detection of Carriage and Serotypes

by Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Pimenta, Fabiana C., Jackson, Delois, Roundtree, Alexis, Ahmad, Yusra, Millar, Eugene V., O'Brien, Katherine L., Whitney, Cynthia G., Cohen, Adam L., Beall, Bernard W.
Published 2010

Potential Nonpneumococcal Confounding of PCR-Based Determination of Serotype in Carriage

by Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Bigogo, Godfrey M., Junghae, Muthoni, Pimenta, Fabiana C., Moura, Iaci, Roundtree, Alexis, Li, Zhongya, Conklin, Laura, Feikin, Daniel R., Breiman, Robert F., Whitney, Cynthia G., Beall, Bernard
Published 2012

Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

by Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Pimenta, Fabiana C., Moura, Iaci, Roundtree, Alexis, Gertz, Robert E., Li, Zhongya, Jagero, Geofrey, Bigogo, Godfrey, Junghae, Muthoni, Conklin, Laura, Feikin, Daniel R., Breiman, Robert F., Whitney, Cynthia G., Beall, Bernard W.
Published 2013

Molecular epidemiological investigation to determine the source of a fatal case of serotype 22F pneumococcal meningitis

by Lamaro-Cardoso, Juliana, de Lemos, Ana Paula S., Carvalho, Maria da Glória, Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina, Roundtree, Alexis, Motta, Lorena, Vieira, Maria Aparecida, Sgambatti, Sabrina, Thörn, Licia Kamila, Pessoa-Junior, Vicente, Minamisava, Ruth, Harrison, Lee H., Beall, Bernard W., Brandileone, Maria Cristina de Cunto, Andrade, Ana Lucia
Published 2012