Our Mission

We employ whole genome sequencing of large numbers of isolates to create a picture of the evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae during the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to characterise patterns of genetic adaptation on global and regional scales



Project Leaders

Stephen Bentley, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Lesley McGee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert Breiman, The Emory Global Health Institute

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