Debra E. Bessen

Recombination within natural populations of pathogenic bacteria: Short-term empirical estimates and long-term phylogenetic consequences

Edward J. Feil, Edward C. Holmes, Debra E. Bessen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 524 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology +17

Multilocus Sequence Typing of<i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i>and the Relationships between<i>emm</i>Type and Clone

Mark C. Enright, Brian G. Spratt, Awdhesh Kalia et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2001 · 345 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

A Systematic and Functional Classification of Streptococcus pyogenes That Serves as a New Tool for Molecular Typing and Vaccine Development

Martina Sanderson‐Smith, David M. P. De Oliveira, Julien Guglielmini et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2014 · 317 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Evidence for two distinct classes of streptococcal M protein and their relationship to rheumatic fever.

Debra E. Bessen, Kevin F. Jones, Vincent A. Fischetti · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1989 · 235 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

<i>emm</i> Typing and Validation of Provisional M Types for Group A Streptococci1

Richard R. Facklam, Bernard Beall, Androulla Efstratiou et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 1999 · 197 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16