Peter Donnelly and colleagues report sequencing of 62 pneumococcal isolates sampled from a CDC surveillance program. They characterize five independent instances of vaccine escape recombination through capsular switches, providing insight into the role of recombination in remodeling pneumococcal genomes under selective pressure and in the population dynamics of this pathogen.
- Tanya Golubchik
- Angela B Brueggemann
- Rory Bowden
