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Letter to Maynard Smith from an unidentified author (Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, possibly Dominique A. Caugant) dated 12 Apr 1999, enclosing reprints concerning ET-5 and on carrier studies:

• Morelli Giovanni, Malorny Burkhard, Muller Kerstin, Seiler Andrea, Wang Jian-Fu, del Valle Jesus and Achtman Mark, 'Clonal descent and microevolution of Neisseria meningitides during 30 years of epidemic spread', Molecular Microbiology, 25 (1997), 1047-1064.
• Aldert Bart, Christian Barnabe, Mark Achtman, Jacob Dankert, Arie Van der Ende, Michel Tibayrenc, 'Strong linkage between different genetic markers in Neisseria menigitidis serogroup A isolates' unidentified book chapter. Possibly symposium proceedings.
• Caugant et al., 'Clonal diversity of neisseria meningitides from a population of asymptomatic carriers', Infection and Immunity, 56 (1988), 2060-8.
• Caugant et al., 'Clones of serogroup B neisseria meningitides causing systemic disease in the Netherlands', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 162 (1990), 867-874.
• Caugant et al., 'Asymptomatic carriage of neisseria meningitides in a randomly sampled population', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 32 (1994), 323-330.
• E. Wedege, J. Kolberg, A. Delvig, E.A. Hoiby, E. Holten, E. Rosenqvist, D.A. Caugant, 'Emergence of a new virulent clone within the ET-5 complex in Norway', Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 2 (1995), 314-321.
• B. Rokbi, M. Mignon, G. Maitre-Wilmotte, L. Lissolo, B. Danve, D.A. Caugant, and M.J. Quentin-Millet, 'Evaluation of recombinant transferring-binding protein B variants from Neisseria meningitidis for their ability to induce cross-reactive and bactericidal antibodies against a genetically diverse collection of serogroup B strains', Infection and Immunity, 65 (1997), 55-63.
• B. Rokbi, M. Mignon, D.A. Caugant, and M.J. Quentin-Millet, 'Heterogeneity of tbpB, the transferring-binding protein B gene, among serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis strains of the ET-5 complex', Clinical and diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 4 (1997), 522-9.
• D.A. Caugant, 'Population genetics and molecular epidemiology of neisseria meningitidis', APMIS, 106 (1998), 505-525.
• Maynard Smith and N.H. Smith, 'Detecting recombination from gene trees', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 15 (1998), 590-9.

N. H. Smith, G. M. Donovan, G. A. Carpenter, and B. G. Spratt, 'A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Neisseria'. Typescript.

Folder marked 'Neisseria group structure & selection'.

• Letter from Austin (Probably Austin Burt) (Department of Biology, Imperial College) to Maynard Smith; 4 Jun 1999.
• Maynard Smith to Austin [Burt]; 11 Jun 1999? Attached is a handwritten note on 'A snag with the penicillin resistance (penR) approach'; 14 Jun 1999?
• Letter from Austin [Burt] to Maynard Smith; 29 Jun 1999.
• Letter from Maynard Smith to Edward J. Feil attaching photocopies of a hand-drawn table and handwritten notes on dates and distribution of Neisseria groups; 28 May 1999?
• Letter from Edward J. Feil to Maynard Smith, attaching computer printout diagrams of clonal groups in N. meningitides; 10 Jun 1999.
• Letter from Brian G. Spratt (Department of Zoology, Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease) to Maynard Smith, attaching handwritten notes and computer printouts relating to serogroups; 7 Jun 1999.
• Letter from Brian G. Spratt to Maynard Smith; 16 Jul 1999.
• Handwritten notes relating to streptococcus; 28 May 1999.
• Handwritten notes relating to 'testing for 'epidemic structure'' – methods; 10 Aug 1999?
• Handwritten notes relating to 'testing for 'selective structure''; 13 Aug 1999?
• Handwritten notes relating to the nature of 'virulence in meningococcus'.
• Manuscript 'Does bacterial population structure imply selection?'
• Computer printout including diagrams (a) sex coalescent.nb