Intrahost Genomic Variation of Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Asymptomatic Nasopharyngeal Carriers Involves Genes Encoding Proteins with Diverse Inferred Functions.

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Haemophilus influenzae is a human-specific pathogen that causes infections, ranging in severity from otitis media to potentially fatal meningitis. It also asymptomatically colonizes the upper respiratory tract. Although intrahost genomic variation of H. influenzae has been investigated in some anatomic sites, the genes most frequently acquiring nonsynonymous (amino acid-changing) or nonsense (protein-truncating)...

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