Publications for Debra Ellen Bessen debra_bessen@nymc.edu

Bessen, D. E. (2016). Tissue tropisms in group A Streptococcus: What virulence factors distinguish pharyngitis from impetigo strains? Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 29(3), 295-303. doi:10.1097/QCO.0000000000000262

Bessen, D. E., McShan, W. M., Nguyen, S. V., Shetty, A., Agrawal, S., & Tettelin, H. (2015). Molecular epidemiology and genomics of group A streptococcus. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 33, 393-418. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2014.10.011

Sanderson-Smith, M., De Oliveira, D. M., Guglielmini, J., McMillan, D. J., Vu, T., Holien, J. K., . . . Bessen, D. E. (2014). A systematic and functional classification of streptococcus pyogenes that serves as a new tool for molecular typing and vaccine development. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 210(8), 1325-1338. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiu260

McMillan, D. J., Drèze, P. A., Vu, T., Bessen, D. E., Guglielmini, J., Steer, A. C., . . . Smeesters, P. R. (2013). The M protein study group. Updated model of group A streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 19(5), E222-E229. doi:10.1111/1469-0691.12134