An Infant Mouse Model of Influenza Virus Transmission Demonstrates the Role of Virus-Specific Shedding, Humoral Immunity, and Sialidase Expression by Colonizing Streptococcus pneum...

by Mila Brum Ortigoza, Simone B. Blaser, M. Ammar Zafar, Alexandria J. Hammond, Jeffrey N. Weiser
Published 2018-12-01

Neuraminidase B controls neuraminidase A-dependent mucus production and evasion.

by Alexandria J Hammond, Ulrike Binsker, Surya D Aggarwal, Mila Brum Ortigoza, Cynthia Loomis, Jeffrey N Weiser
Published 2021-04-01

Identification of Pneumococcal Factors Affecting Pneumococcal Shedding Shows that the dlt Locus Promotes Inflammation and Transmission

by M. Ammar Zafar, Alexandria J. Hammond, Shigeto Hamaguchi, Weisheng Wu, Masamitsu Kono, Lili Zhao, Jeffrey N. Weiser
Published 2019-06-01