====== Elisabete Martins ======
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===== Bio =====

**Full Name**: Elisabete Raquel Ferreira Martins\\

**Academic Qualification**: 
  * PhD: Microbiology - FML/UL\\
  * Master Degree: Clinical Microbiology - FML/UL\\
  * Degree: Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology - FCT/UNL\\
 

===== Current Position =====
**Post-doc**\\ 
[[http://www.imm.fm.ul.pt/web/imm/molecularmicrobiologyandinfection|Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit]], [[http://www.imm.fm.ul.pt/web/imm/home|Instituto de Medicina Molecular]]\\
Instituto de Microbiologia,[[http://www.fm.ul.pt/|Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa]], Universidade de Lisboa\\ 

===== Research Interests =====

Virulence factors of //Streptococcus agalactiae// 

Biofilms

===== Websites =====


===== Contacts =====

**Emails**: 
  * emartins_at_fm.ul.pt (replace _at_ by @)\\

===== Publications =====
Dominance of serotype Ia among group B streptococci causing invasive infections in non-pregnant adults in Portugal. Martins E. R., J. Melo-Cristino, and M. Ramirez.
J Clin Microbiol (2012) 50:1219–1227. 

Group B streptococci causing neonatal infections in Barcelona are a stable clonal population: 18-year surveillance.
Martins, E. R., A. Andreu, P. Correia, T. Juncosa, J. Bosch, M. Ramirez, and J. Melo-Cristino. 
J Clin Microbiol (2011) 49:2911-8.

Evidence for rare capsular switching in //Streptococcus agalactiae//. 
Martins, E. R., J. Melo-Cristino, and M. Ramirez. 
J Bacteriol (2010) 192:1361-9.

Analysis of group B streptococcal isolates from infants and pregnant women in Portugal revealing two lineages with enhanced invasiveness.
Martins, E. R., M. A. Pessanha, M. Ramirez, and J. Melo-Cristino. 
J Clin Microbiol (2007) 45:3224-9.

Reevaluating the serotype II capsular locus of //Streptococcus agalactiae//.
Martins, E. R., J. Melo-Cristino, and M. Ramirez.
J Clin Microbiol (2007) 45:3384-6.

//Streptococcus agalactiae// Serotype Ib as an Agent of Meningitis in Two Adult Nonpregnant Women.
Martins, E. R., C. Florindo, F. Martins, I. Aldir, M. J. Borrego, L. Brum, M. Ramirez, and J. Melo-Cristino. 
J Clin Microbiol (2007) 45:3850-2.