| Multilocus Sequence Typing as a Replacement for Serotyping in Salmonella enterica M Achtman, J Wain, FX Weill, S Nair, Z Zhou, V Sangal, MG Krauland, ... PLoS pathogens 8 (6), e1002776, 2012 | 747 | 2012 |
| Recombination within natural populations of pathogenic bacteria: short-term empirical estimates and long-term phylogenetic consequences EJ Feil, EC Holmes, DE Bessen, MS Chan, NPJ Day, MC Enright, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (1), 182-187, 2001 | 623 | 2001 |
| Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes and the Relationships between emm Type and Clone MC Enright, BG Spratt, A Kalia, JH Cross, DE Bessen Infection and immunity 69 (4), 2416-2427, 2001 | 445 | 2001 |
| emm typing and validation of provisional M types for group A streptococci. R Facklam, B Beall, A Efstratiou, V Fischetti, D Johnson, E Kaplan, P Kriz, ... Emerging infectious diseases 5 (2), 247, 1999 | 350 | 1999 |
| A Systematic and Functional Classification of Streptococcus pyogenes That Serves as a New Tool for Molecular Typing and Vaccine Development M Sanderson-Smith, DMP De Oliveira, J Guglielmini, DJ McMillan, T Vu, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 210 (8), 1325-1338, 2014 | 311 | 2014 |
| Evidence for two distinct classes of streptococcal M protein and their relationship to rheumatic fever. D Bessen, KF Jones, VA Fischetti The Journal of experimental medicine 169 (1), 269-283, 1989 | 285 | 1989 |
| Population biology of Gram-positive pathogens: high-risk clones for dissemination of antibiotic resistance RJL Willems, WP Hanage, DE Bessen, EJ Feil FEMS microbiology reviews 35 (5), 872-900, 2011 | 256 | 2011 |
| Influence of intranasal immunization with synthetic peptides corresponding to conserved epitopes of M protein on mucosal colonization by group A streptococci D Bessen, VA Fischetti Infection and immunity 56 (10), 2666-2672, 1988 | 247 | 1988 |
| Genetic correlates of throat and skin isolates of group A streptococci DE Bessen, CM Sotir, TL Readdy, SK Hollingshead Journal of Infectious Diseases 173 (4), 896-900, 1996 | 232 | 1996 |
| Updated model of group A Streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study DJ McMillan, PA Drèze, T Vu, DE Bessen, J Guglielmini, AC Steer, ... Clinical Microbiology and Infection 19 (5), E222-E229, 2013 | 196 | 2013 |
| Contrasting molecular epidemiology of group A streptococci causing tropical and nontropical infections of the skin and throat DE Bessen, JR Carapetis, B Beall, R Katz, M Hibble, BJ Currie, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 182 (4), 1109-1116, 2000 | 179 | 2000 |
| Synthetic peptide vaccine against mucosal colonization by group A streptococci. I. Protection against a heterologous M serotype with shared C repeat region epitopes. D Bessen, VA Fischetti Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950) 145 (4), 1251-1256, 1990 | 178 | 1990 |
| Prospective longitudinal study of children with tic disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship of symptom exacerbations to newly acquired streptococcal infections F Luo, JF Leckman, L Katsovich, D Findley, H Grantz, DM Tucker, ... Pediatrics 113 (6), e578-e585, 2004 | 177 | 2004 |
| Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes Representing Most Known emm Types and Distinctions among Subpopulation Genetic Structures KF McGregor, BG Spratt, A Kalia, A Bennett, N Bilek, B Beall, DE Bessen Journal of bacteriology 186 (13), 4285-4294, 2004 | 167 | 2004 |
| Genomic Localization of a T Serotype Locus to a Recombinatorial Zone Encoding Extracellular Matrix-Binding Proteins in Streptococcus pyogenes DE Bessen, A Kalia Infection and immunity 70 (3), 1159-1167, 2002 | 161 | 2002 |
| Passive acquired mucosal immunity to group A streptococci by secretory immunoglobulin A. D Bessen, VA Fischetti The Journal of experimental medicine 167 (6), 1945-1950, 1988 | 161 | 1988 |
| Population biology of the human restricted pathogen, Streptococcus pyogenes DE Bessen Infection, Genetics and Evolution 9 (4), 581-593, 2009 | 157 | 2009 |
| Structural heterogeneity of the emm gene cluster in group A streptococci SK Hollingshead, TL Readdy, D Li Yung, DE Bessen Molecular microbiology 8 (4), 707-717, 1993 | 154 | 1993 |
| Natural selection and evolution of streptococcal virulence genes involved in tissue-specific adaptations A Kalia, DE Bessen Journal of bacteriology 186 (1), 110-121, 2004 | 136 | 2004 |
| Population Genetics and Linkage Analysis of Loci within the FCT Region of Streptococcus pyogenes Z Kratovac, A Manoharan, F Luo, S Lizano, DE Bessen Journal of bacteriology 189 (4), 1299-1310, 2007 | 131 | 2007 |
