Heterogeneity in the Frequency and Characteristics of Homologous Recombination in Pneumococcal Evolution

• Rafal Mostowy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rafal Mostowy, Nicholas J. Croucher

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas J. Croucher ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rafal Mostowy, Nicholas J. Croucher

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• William P. Hanage,

  Affiliation Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Simon R. Harris,

  Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Stephen Bentley,

  Affiliations The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Christophe Fraser

  * E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

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