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Angela Romanow; Katharina Stummeyer; Ulrich Vogel; Mark von Itzstein; Andrea Bethe; Heike Claus; Thomas Haselhorst; Martina Mühlenhoff; Rita Gerardy-Schahn
Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the sialyl-/hexosyltransferase synthesizing the meningococcal serogroup w135 heteropolysaccharide capsule.
Marie-Christin Pawlik; Christoph Schoen; Heike Claus; Kerstin Hubert; Biju Joseph; Ulrich Vogel
The zinc-responsive regulon of Neisseria meningitidis comprises 17 genes under control of a Zur element.
Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Sebastian Jünemann; Karola Prior; Rafael Szczepanowski; Dag Harmsen
Ion torrent personal genome machine sequencing for genomic typing of Neisseria meningitidis for rapid determination of multiple layers of typing information.

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2013: Angela Romanow; Katharina Stummeyer; Ulrich Vogel; Mark von Itzstein; Andrea Bethe; Heike Claus; Thomas Haselhorst; Martina Mühlenhoff; Rita Gerardy-Schahn
Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the sialyl-/hexosyltransferase synthesizing the meningococcal serogroup w135 heteropolysaccharide capsule.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2013;288(17):11718-30.
2012: Marie-Christin Pawlik; Christoph Schoen; Heike Claus; Kerstin Hubert; Biju Joseph; Ulrich Vogel
The zinc-responsive regulon of Neisseria meningitidis comprises 17 genes under control of a Zur element.
Journal of bacteriology 2012;194(23):6594-603.
2012: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Sebastian Jünemann; Karola Prior; Rafael Szczepanowski; Dag Harmsen
Ion torrent personal genome machine sequencing for genomic typing of Neisseria meningitidis for rapid determination of multiple layers of typing information.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(6):1889-94.
2012: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Paola Stefanelli; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Julio Vazquez; John Donnelly
The use of vaccine antigen characterization, for example by MATS, to guide the introduction of meningococcus B vaccines.
Vaccine 2012;30 Suppl 2():B73-7.
2012: Kerstin Hubert; Hanna Jarva; Seppo Meri; Marie-Christin Pawlik; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel
Opc expression, LPS immunotype switch and pilin conversion contribute to serum resistance of unencapsulated meningococci.
PloS one 2012;7(9):e45132.
2011: Thiên-Trí Lâm; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Sequence analysis of serotype-specific synthesis regions II of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes c and d: evidence for common ancestry of capsule synthesis in Pasteurellaceae and Neisseria meningitidis.
Research in microbiology 2011;162(5):483-7.
2011: Thiên-Trí Lâm; Johannes Elias; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus
New diagnostic PCR for Haemophilus influenzae serotype e based on the cap locus of strain ATCC 8142.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2011;301(2):176-9.
2011: Biju Joseph; Roland F Schwarz; Burkhard Linke; Jochen Blom; Anke Becker; Heike Claus; Alexander Goesmann; Matthias Frosch; Tobias Müller; Ulrich Vogel; Christoph Schoen
Virulence evolution of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis by recombination in the core and accessory genome.
PloS one 2011;6(4):e18441.
2011: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus
Vaccine development against Neisseria meningitidis.
Microbial biotechnology 2011;4(1):20-31.
2011: H Slanina; A König; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir
Real-time impedance analysis of host cell response to meningococcal infection.
Journal of microbiological methods 2011;84(1):101-8.
2010: Tessa van Alen; Heike Claus; René P Zahedi; Janos Groh; Heinrich Blazyca; Martin Lappann; Albert Sickmann; Ulrich Vogel
Comparative proteomic analysis of biofilm and planktonic cells of Neisseria meningitidis.
Proteomics 2010;10(24):4512-21.
2010: Biju Joseph; Susanne Schneiker-Bekel; Anja Schramm-Glück; Jochen Blom; Heike Claus; Burkhard Linke; Roland F Schwarz; Anke Becker; Alexander Goesmann; Matthias Frosch; Christoph Schoen
Comparative genome biology of a serogroup B carriage and disease strain supports a polygenic nature of meningococcal virulence.
Journal of bacteriology 2010;192(20):5363-77.
2010: giuseppe valenza; Biju Joseph; Johannes Elias; Heike Claus; Anett Oesterlein; Kathrin Engelhardt; Doris Turnwald; Matthias Frosch; Marianne Abele-Horn; Christoph Schoen
First survey of metallo-beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a German university hospital.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010;54(8):3493-7.
2010: Martin Lappann; Heike Claus; Tessa van Alen; Morten Harmsen; Johannes Elias; Søren Molin; Ulrich Vogel
A dual role of extracellular DNA during biofilm formation of Neisseria meningitidis.
Molecular microbiology 2010;75(6):1355-71.
2010: Gabriele Poggensee; Andreas Gilsdorf; Silke Buda; Tim Eckmanns; Heike Claus; Doris Altmann; Gérard Krause; Walter Haas
The first wave of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany: from initiation to acceleration.
BMC infectious diseases 2010;10():155.
2009: Ines L Mordhorst; Heike Claus; Christa Ewers; Martin Lappann; Christoph Schoen; Johannes Elias; Julia Batzilla; Ulrich Dobrindt; Lothar H Wieler; Anne K Bergfeld; Martina Mühlenhoff; Ulrich Vogel
O-acetyltransferase gene neuO is segregated according to phylogenetic background and contributes to environmental desiccation resistance in Escherichia coli K1.
Environmental microbiology 2009;11(12):3154-65.
2009: Dennis Tappe; Rüdiger Pukall; Peter Schumann; Sabine Gronow; Markus Spiliotis; Heike Claus; Klaus Brehm; Ulrich Vogel
Streptococcus merionis sp. nov., isolated from Mongolian jirds (Meriones unguiculatus).
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2009;59(Pt 4):766-70.
2009: Heike Claus; Katharina Stummeyer; Julia Batzilla; Martina Mühlenhoff; Ulrich Vogel
Amino acid 310 determines the donor substrate specificity of serogroup W-135 and Y capsule polymerases of Neisseria meningitidis.
Molecular microbiology 2009;71(4):960-71.
2009: Anne K Bergfeld; Heike Claus; Nina K Lorenzen; Fabian Spielmann; Ulrich Vogel; Martina Mühlenhoff
The polysialic acid-specific O-acetyltransferase OatC from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C evolved apart from other bacterial sialate O-acetyltransferases.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(1):6-16.
2008: Christoph Schoen; Jochen Blom; Heike Claus; Anja Schramm-Glück; Petra Brandt; Tobias Müller; Alexander Goesmann; Biju Joseph; Sebastian Konietzny; Oliver Kurzai; Corinna Schmitt; Torben Friedrich; Burkhard Linke; Ulrich Vogel; Matthias Frosch
Whole-genome comparison of disease and carriage strains provides insights into virulence evolution in Neisseria meningitidis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(9):3473-8.
2007: Christoph Schoen; Biju Joseph; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Matthias Frosch
Living in a changing environment: insights into host adaptation in Neisseria meningitidis from comparative genomics.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2007;297(7-8):601-13.
2007: Gérard Krause; Doris Altmann; Daniel Faensen; Klaudia Porten; Justus Benzler; Thomas Pfoch; Andrea Ammon; Michael H Kramer; Heike Claus
SurvNet electronic surveillance system for infectious disease outbreaks, Germany.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(10):1548-55.
2007: Friedrich Freiberger; Heike Claus; Almut Günzel; Imke Oltmann-Norden; Justine Vionnet; Martina Mühlenhoff; Ulrich Vogel; Willie F Vann; Rita Gerardy-Schahn; Katharina Stummeyer
Biochemical characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis polysialyltransferase reveals novel functional motifs in bacterial sialyltransferases.
Molecular microbiology 2007;65(5):1258-75.
2007: Heike Claus; Johannes Elias; Christine Meinhardt; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Deletion of the meningococcal fetA gene used for antigen sequence typing of invasive and commensal isolates from Germany: frequencies and mechanisms.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(9):2960-4.
2007: Anne K Bergfeld; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Martina Mühlenhoff
Biochemical characterization of the polysialic acid-specific O-acetyltransferase NeuO of Escherichia coli K1.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(30):22217-27.
2007: Annette Schrauder; Heike Claus; Johannes Elias; Ulrich Vogel; Walter Haas; Wiebke hellenbrand
Capture-recapture analysis to estimate the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Germany, 2003.
Epidemiology and infection 2007;135(4):657-64.
2007: Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Halina Swiderek; Matthias Frosch; Christoph Schoen
Microarray analyses of meningococcal genome composition and gene regulation: a review of the recent literature.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2007;31(1):43-51.
2006: Martin Lappann; Janus A J Haagensen; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Søren Molin
Meningococcal biofilm formation: structure, development and phenotypes in a standardized continuous flow system.
Molecular microbiology 2006;62(5):1292-309.
2006: Johannes Elias; Dag Harmsen; Heike Claus; Wiebke hellenbrand; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Spatiotemporal analysis of invasive meningococcal disease, Germany.
Emerging infectious diseases 2006;12(11):1689-95.
2006: Marianne Abele-Horn; Ulrich Vogel; Ingo Klare; Carola Konstabel; Rene Trabold; Risa Kurihara; Wolfgang Witte; Wolfgang Kreth; Paul G Schlegel; Heike Claus
Molecular epidemiology of hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(11):4009-13.
2006: Johannes Elias; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Evidence for indirect nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis resulting in two cases of invasive meningococcal disease.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(11):4276-8.
2006: Martin V R Weber; Heike Claus; Martin C J Maiden; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Genetic mechanisms for loss of encapsulation in polysialyltransferase-gene-positive meningococci isolated from healthy carriers.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2006;296(7):475-84.
2006: Annette Schrauder; Doris Altmann; G Laude; Heike Claus; K Wegner; R Köhler; H Habicht-Thomas; Gérard Krause
Epidemic conjunctivitis in Germany, 2004.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2006;11(7):185-7.
2006: Katharina Stummeyer; David Schwarzer; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Rita Gerardy-Schahn; Martina Mühlenhoff
Evolution of bacteriophages infecting encapsulated bacteria: lessons from Escherichia coli K1-specific phages.
Molecular microbiology 2006;60(5):1123-35.
2006: Gérard Krause; Bonita Brodhun; Doris Altmann; Heike Claus; Justus Benzler
Reliability of case definitions for public health surveillance assessed by Round-Robin test methodology.
BMC public health 2006;6():129.
2006: Daniel Faensen; Heike Claus; Justus Benzler; Andrea Ammon; T Pfoch; Thomas Breuer; Gérard Krause
SurvNet@RKI--a multistate electronic reporting system for communicable diseases.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2006;11(4):100-3.
2006: Dennis Tappe; Heike Claus; J Kern; A Marzinzig; Matthias Frosch; Marianne Abele-Horn
First case of febrile bacteremia due to a wild type and small-colony variant of Escherichia coli.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2006;25(1):31-4.
2005: Oliver Kurzai; Corinna Schmitt; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Matthias Frosch; Annette Kolb-Mäurer
Carbohydrate composition of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide modulates the interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with human dendritic cells.
Cellular microbiology 2005;7(9):1319-34.
2005: J Walter; D Radun; Heike Claus; Osamah Hamouda; Klaus Stark
[Hepatitis B and C risk factors in Germany--results of the national surveillance].
Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) 2005;67(7):441-7.
2005: Heike Claus; Martin C J Maiden; Daniel J Wilson; Noel D McCarthy; Keith Jolley; Rachel Urwin; Frank Hessler; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Genetic analysis of meningococci carried by children and young adults.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;191(8):1263-71.
2005: Halina Swiderek; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Evaluation of custom-made DNA microarrays for multilocus sequence typing of Neisseria meningitidis.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2005;295(1):39-45.
2004: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch
Genetic lineages and their traits in Neisseria meningitidis.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2004;294(2-3):75-82.
2004: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Lutz Von Müller; Donald Bunjes; Johannes Elias; Matthias Frosch
Bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient caused by a commensal Neisseria meningitidis strain harboring the capsule null locus (cnl).
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(7):2898-901.
2004: Christina Frank; Irene Schöneberg; Gérard Krause; Heike Claus; Andrea Ammon; Klaus Stark
Increase in imported dengue, Germany, 2001-2002.
Emerging infectious diseases 2004;10(5):903-6.
2004: Heike Claus; Ray Borrow; Mark Achtman; Giovanna Morelli; Carmen Kantelberg; Emma Longworth; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Genetics of capsule O-acetylation in serogroup C, W-135 and Y meningococci.
Molecular microbiology 2004;51(1):227-39.
2003: Gérard Krause; Justus Benzler; Klaudia Porten; Udo Buchholz; Heike Claus; Andrea Ammon
[SARS surveillance--did it meet the demands made on the surveillance of new infectious diseases?].
Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) 2003;65(12):715-8.
2003: Heike Claus; Hanne Weinand; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Identification of the hypervirulent lineages of Neisseria meningitidis, the ST-8 and ST-11 complexes, by using monoclonal antibodies specific to NmeDI.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2003;41(8):3873-6.
2003: Wiebke hellenbrand; Anette Siedler; Annedore Tischer; Christiane Meyer; Sabine Reiter; Gernot Rasch; Dieter Teichmann; Sabine Santibanez; Doris Altmann; Heike Claus; Michael Kramer
Progress toward measles elimination in Germany.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;187 Suppl 1():S208-16.
2003: Gérard Krause; Doris Altmann; Heike Claus; Wiebke hellenbrand; Udo Buchholz; Osamah Hamouda; Thomas Breuer; Andrea Ammon; Michael Kramer
[First evaluation of the surveillance systems of notifiable diseases under the infectious disease control law in Germany].
Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) 2003;65 Suppl 1():S8-12.
2003: Gerhard Hutter; Ulrich Schlagenhauf; giuseppe valenza; Matthias Horn; Stefan Burgemeister; Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel
Molecular analysis of bacteria in periodontitis: evaluation of clone libraries, novel phylotypes and putative pathogens.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2003;149(Pt 1):67-75.
2003: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus
Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library 2003;8():e14-22.
2002: Sebastian Suerbaum; Christine Josenhans; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch
Bacterial genomics: seven years on.
Trends in microbiology 2002;10(8):351-3.
2002: Heike Claus; Martin C J Maiden; Rainer Maag; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Many carried meningococci lack the genes required for capsule synthesis and transport.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2002;148(Pt 6):1813-9.
2002: Sabine M Diedrich; Heike Claus; Eckart Schreier
Immunity status against poliomyelitis in Germany: determination of cut-off values in International Units.
BMC infectious diseases 2002;2():2.
2002: Emma Longworth; Philip Fernsten; Terri L Mininni; Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Steve Gray; Edward B Kaczmarski; Ray Borrow
O-Acetylation status of the capsular polysaccharides of serogroup Y and W135 meningococci isolated in the UK.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology 2002;32(2):119-23.
2001: D Alber; M Oberkötter; S Suerbaum; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Genetic diversity of Neisseria lactamica strains from epidemiologically defined carriers.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(5):1710-5.
2001: Heike Claus; Johanna Stoevesandt; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Genetic isolation of meningococci of the electrophoretic type 37 complex.
Journal of bacteriology 2001;183(8):2570-5.
2001: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch
Capsular operons.
Methods in molecular medicine 2001;67():187-201.
2000: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus
The evolution of human pathogens: examples and clinical implications.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2000;290(6):511-8.
2000: Sabine M Diedrich; Heike Claus; W Thierfelder; BM Bellach; Eckart Schreier
[German Health survey 1997/98: immune status against poliomyelitis].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) 2000;125(19):584-8.
2000: R Hilse; Johanna Stoevesandt; D A Caugant; Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Distribution of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS1301 in clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis.
Epidemiology and infection 2000;124(2):337-40.
2000: Heike Claus; A Friedrich; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Differential distribution of novel restriction-modification systems in clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(5):1296-303.
1999: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; G Heinze; Matthias Frosch
Role of lipopolysaccharide sialylation in serum resistance of serogroup B and C meningococcal disease isolates.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(2):954-7.
1999: Ingo Klare; D Badstübner; Carola Konstabel; G Böhme; Heike Claus; Wolfgang Witte
Decreased incidence of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from poultry meat and from fecal samples of humans in the community after discontinuation of avoparcin usage in animal husbandry.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 1999;5(1):45-52.
1998: Heike Claus; Matthias Frosch; Ulrich Vogel
Identification of a hotspot for transformation of Neisseria meningitidis by shuttle mutagenesis using signature-tagged transposons.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1998;259(4):363-71.
1998: Ulrich Vogel; Giovanna Morelli; K Zurth; Heike Claus; E Kriener; Mark Achtman; Matthias Frosch
Necessity of molecular techniques to distinguish between Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from patients with meningococcal disease and from their healthy contacts.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(9):2465-70.
1997: Heike Claus; Ulrich Vogel; Martina Mühlenhoff; Rita Gerardy-Schahn; Matthias Frosch
Molecular divergence of the sia locus in different serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis expressing polysialic acid capsules.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1997;257(1):28-34.
1997: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; G Heinze; Matthias Frosch
Functional characterization of an isogenic meningococcal alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase mutant: the role of lipooligosaccharide sialylation for serum resistance in serogroup B meningococci.
Medical microbiology and immunology 1997;186(2-3):159-66.