| Evaluation and Improvement of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting lytA, ply, and psaA Genes for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA MGS Carvalho, ML Tondella, K McCaustland, L Weidlich, L McGee, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 45 (8), 2460-2466, 2007 | 676 | 2007 |
| Identification of scrapie prion protein-specific mRNA in scrapie-infected and uninfected brain B Chesebro, R Race, K Wehrly, J Nishio, M Bloom, D Lechner, ... Nature 315 (6017), 331-333, 1985 | 660 | 1985 |
| Identification of anthrax toxin genes in a Bacillus cereus associated with an illness resembling inhalation anthrax AR Hoffmaster, J Ravel, DA Rasko, GD Chapman, MD Chute, CK Marston, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (22), 8449-8454, 2004 | 579 | 2004 |
| Changes in Neisseria meningitidis Disease Epidemiology in the United States, 1998–2007: Implications for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease AC Cohn, JR MacNeil, LH Harrison, C Hatcher, J Theodore, M Schmidt, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 50 (2), 184-191, 2010 | 460 | 2010 |
| Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR PN Levett, RE Morey, RL Galloway, DE Turner, AG Steigerwalt, LW Mayer Journal of Medical Microbiology 54 (1), 45-49, 2005 | 410 | 2005 |
| Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: a rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracis CT Sacchi, AM Whitney, LW Mayer, R Morey, A Steigerwalt, A Boras, ... Emerging infectious diseases 8 (10), 1117, 2002 | 393 | 2002 |
| Massive outbreak of antimicrobial-resistant salmonellosis traced to pasteurized milk CA Ryan, MK Nickels, NT Hargrett-Bean, ME Potter, T Endo, L Mayer, ... Jama 258 (22), 3269-3274, 1987 | 381 | 1987 |
| Chloramphenicol-resistant Salmonella newport traced through hamburger to dairy farms JS Spika, SH Waterman, GWS Hoo, ME St. Louis, RE Pacer, SM James, ... New England Journal of Medicine 316 (10), 565-570, 1987 | 357 | 1987 |
| Outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease in 2000: not emergence of a new W135 strain but clonal expansion within the electophoretic type-37 complex LW Mayer, MW Reeves, N Al-Hamdan, CT Sacchi, MK Taha, GW Ajello, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 185 (11), 1596-1605, 2002 | 295 | 2002 |
| Application of TaqMan low-density arrays for simultaneous detection of multiple respiratory pathogens M Kodani, G Yang, LM Conklin, TC Travis, CG Whitney, LJ Anderson, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 49 (6), 2175-2182, 2011 | 285 | 2011 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of dengue-2 viruses JA Lewis, GJ Chang, RS Lanciotti, RM Kinney, LW Mayer, DW Trent Virology 197 (1), 216-224, 1993 | 276 | 1993 |
| Use of plasmid profiles in epidemiologic surveillance of disease outbreaks and in tracing the transmission of antibiotic resistance LW Mayer Clinical microbiology reviews 1 (2), 228-243, 1988 | 258 | 1988 |
| Species-Specific Identification of Leptospiraceae by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing RE Morey, RL Galloway, SL Bragg, AG Steigerwalt, LW Mayer, PN Levett Journal of clinical microbiology 44 (10), 3510-3516, 2006 | 251 | 2006 |
| Sequence Diversity of the Factor H Binding Protein Vaccine Candidate in Epidemiologically Relevant Strains of Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis E Murphy, L Andrew, KL Lee, DA Dilts, L Nunez, PS Fink, K Ambrose, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 200 (3), 379-389, 2009 | 244 | 2009 |
| Molecular subtyping of Bacillus anthracis and the 2001 bioterrorism-associated anthrax outbreak, United States AR Hoffmaster, CC Fitzgerald, E Ribot, LW Mayer, T Popovic Emerging infectious diseases 8 (10), 1111, 2002 | 241 | 2002 |
| Plasmid-Mediated Beta-Lactamase Production in Neisseria gonorrhoeae LP Elwell, M Roberts, LW Mayer, S Falkow Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 11 (3), 528-533, 1977 | 225 | 1977 |
| Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis HM Wu, SM Cordeiro, BH Harcourt, MGS Carvalho, J Azevedo, ... BMC infectious diseases 13, 1-10, 2013 | 199 | 2013 |
| A single recombinant plasmid expressing two major outer surface proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete TR Howe, LW Mayer, AG Barbour Science 227 (4687), 645-646, 1985 | 194 | 1985 |
| Current Epidemiology and Trends in Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease—United States, 1989–2008 JR MacNeil, AC Cohn, M Farley, R Mair, J Baumbach, N Bennett, ... Clinical infectious diseases 53 (12), 1230-1236, 2011 | 186 | 2011 |
| Use of Real-Time PCR To Resolve Slide Agglutination Discrepancies in Serogroup Identification of Neisseria meningitidis EA Mothershed, CT Sacchi, AM Whitney, GA Barnett, GW Ajello, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 42 (1), 320-328, 2004 | 185 | 2004 |
