Books published in collaboration (1)
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Dale, J. B., Batzloff, M., Cleary, P., Courtney, H., Good, M., Grandi, G., Halperin, S., Margarit, I., McNeil, S., Pander, M., Smeesters, P., & Steer, A. C. (2016). Streptococcus pyogenes: Basic Biology to Clinical Manifestations: Current Approaches to Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Development. Contributions to collective works (1)
Peer-reviewed journal articles (125)
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Widomski, C., Bruyns, C., Schiavolin, L., De Crombrugghe, G., Smeesters, P., & Botteaux, A. (2025). Beyond the emm-type: fine-tuning Group A Streptococcus typing with Enn and Mrp. Microbiology spectrum, 14(1).2.
Keeley, A. R. A., Camara, F., Armitage, E. P., De Crombrugghe, G., Sillah, J., Fofana, M. L., Rollinson, V., Senghore, E., Jammeh, M., Whitcombe, A. A., Bittaye, A., Ceesay, H., Ceesay, I., Samateh, B., Manneh, M., Carducci, M., Rovetini, L., Boero, E., Massai, L., Sanyang, L. C., Camara, O., Cessay, E. E., Iturriza, M., Moriel, D. G., Kucharski, A. A., Smeesters, P., Botteaux, A., Jagne, Y. J., Moreland, N., Clarke, E., Kampmann, B., Marks, M., Rossi, O., Salje, H., Turner, C. C., & De Silva, T. T. (2025). Early-life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes in a high-burden setting. Nature medicine. doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03868-43.
Armitage, E. P., Senghore, E., Camara, F., Jarju, S., Jagne, S., Ceesay, E., Darboe, F. F., De Crombrugghe, G., Keeley, A. A., Hall, J. J., Angyal, A., Jammeh, M., Darboe, S., Kucharski, A. A., Smeesters, P., De Silva, T. T., Marks, M., & On Behalf Of The Mrcg StrepA Study Group, (2025). Evaluating clinical decision rules and rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis in Gambian children: a diagnostic accuracy study. The Journal of infection, 106546. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2025.1065464.
De Crombrugghe, G., Schiavolin, L., Osowicki, J., Steer, A. C., Botteaux, A., & Smeesters, P. (2025). M1 and done? Global assessment of the invasive potential of group A streptococcal strains. The Lancet Microbe., 101123. doi:10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.1011235.
De Crombrugghe, G., Armitage, E. P., Keeley, A. A., Senghore, E., Camara, F., Jammeh, M., Bittaye, A., Ceesay, H., Ceesay, I., Samateh, B., Manneh, M., Botquin, G., Lakhloufi, D., Delforge, V., Bah, S., Hall, J. J., Schiavolin, L., Turner, C. C., Marks, M., De Silva, T. T., Botteaux, A., Smeesters, P., & On Behalf Of The Mrcg StrepA Study Group, (2025). Household molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and infection in The Gambia. The Journal of infectious diseases. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf2526.
Proctor, E. J., Frost, H. R. C. H., Mantri, B., Satapathy, S., Botquin, G., Gorman, J., De Oliveira, D. M. P., McArthur, J., Davies, M. M., Tolun, G., Botteaux, A., Smeesters, P., & Sanderson-Smith, M. L. (2025). Fibrinogen-binding M-related proteins facilitate the recruitment of plasminogen by Streptococcus pyogenes. Protein science, 34(4), e70078. doi:10.1002/pro.700787.
Hall, J. J., Armitage, E. P., Senghore, E., Darboe, S., Barry, M., Camara, J., Bah, S., Keeley, A. R. A., McCarthy, J. J., Smeesters, P., Turner, C. C., Darton, T., Marks, M., Angyal, A., & De Silva, T. T. (2025). Molecular Methods Enhance the Detection of Pyoderma-Related Streptococcus pyogenes and emm-Type Distribution in Children. The Journal of infectious diseases, 231(1), e28-e37. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiae3598.
Osowicki, J., Frost, H. R. C. H., Azzopardi, K., Whitcombe, A. A., McGregor, R., Carlton, L. L., Baker, C. A., Fabri, L., Pandey, M., Good, M. M., Carapetis, J. R., Walker, M., Smeesters, P., Licciardi, P. V., Moreland, N., Hill, D. D., & Steer, A. C. (2024). Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis elicits diverse antibody responses to key vaccine antigens influenced by the imprint of past infections. Nature communications, 15(1), 10506. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54665-59.
Deneubourg, G., Schiavolin, L., Lakhloufi, D., Botquin, G., Delforge, V., Davies, M. M., Smeesters, P., & Botteaux, A. (2024). Nosocomial Transmission of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Molecular Characterization of Group A Streptococcal DNases in Clinical Virulence. Microorganisms, 12(11), 2209. doi:10.3390/microorganisms1211220910.
Schiavolin, L., Lakhloufi, D., Botquin, G., Deneubourg, G., Bruyns, C., Steinmetz, J., Henrot, C., Delforge, V., Smeesters, P., & Botteaux, A. (2024). Efficient and rapid one-step method to generate gene deletions in Streptococcus pyogenes. Microbiology spectrum, 12(10). doi:10.1128/spectrum.01185-24