trvrb / sismid

Pathogen evolution, selection and immunity
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Include another bacteria as example pathogen #21

Closed trvrb closed 7 years ago

trvrb commented 7 years ago

Right now we just have Pneumococcus as the sole bacterial pathogen. I remember there being more people interested in bacteria than this. Some options:

@sarahCobey, do you have a favorite (or another suggestion if preferred)? I can include background.

sarahCobey commented 7 years ago

I'm not an expert on either, but B pertussis would get my vote because it presents so many enigmas despite extensive study.

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 1:17 PM Trevor Bedford notifications@github.com wrote:

Right now we just have Pneumococcus as the sole bacterial pathogen. I remember there being more people interested in bacteria than this. Some options:

  • Bordetella pertussis --- recent evidence of antigenic drift
  • Neisseria meningitidis --- multiple serotypes

@sarahCobey https://github.com/sarahcobey, do you have a favorite (or another suggestion if preferred)? I can include background.

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