Publications

Last updated from ORCID on 9 September 2026.

Selected publications

2024
Geographical migration and fitness dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sophie Belman, Noémie Lefrancq, Susan Nzenze, Sarah Downs, Mignon du Plessis, Stephanie W. Lo et al.
Nature · 2024
doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07626-3
Quantifies pneumococcal migration and fitness across global scales.
2024
Estimating between-country migration in pneumococcal populations
Sophie Belman, Henri Pesonen, Nicholas J Croucher, Stephen D Bentley, Jukka Corander, M-A Félix
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics · 2024
doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkae058
Methods for estimating pathogen migration between countries.
2023
A global genomic perspective on the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 15A-CC63 sub-lineage following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction
Paulina A. Hawkins, Sopio Chochua, Stephanie W. Lo, Sophie Belman, Martin Antonio, Brenda Kwambana-Adams et al.
Microbial Genomics · 2023
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000998
Global view of a multidrug-resistant sub-lineage after vaccine introduction.

Other publications

2025
Microbial diversity modifies the impact of air pollution on pneumococcal disease risk
Sophie Belman, Cebile Lekhuleni, Jackie Kleynhans, Giovenale Moirano, Daniela Lührsen, Cristina Carnerero et al.
2025Preprint
doi:10.64898/2025.12.10.25341877
2024
Characterising Streptococcus pneumoniae Transmission Patterns in Malawi Through Genomic and Statistical Modelling
Rory Cave, James Chirombo, Uri Obolski, Sophie Belman, Akuzike Kalizang’oma, Thandie S. Mwalukomo et al.
2024Preprint
doi:10.1101/2024.11.22.24317796
2024
Estimating geographical spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae within Israel using genomic data
Hsueh-Chien Raymond Cheng, Sophie Belman, Henrik Salje, Ron Dagan, Stephen D. Bentley
Microbial Genomics · 2024
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001262
2023
Geographic migration and vaccine-induced fitness changes of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sophie Belman, Noémie Lefrancq, Susan Nzenze, Sarah Downs, Mignon du Plessis, Stephanie Lo et al.
2023Preprint
doi:10.1101/2023.01.18.524577
2022
A new perspective on ancient Mitis group streptococcal genetics
Sophie Belman, Chrispin Chaguza, Narender Kumar, Stephanie Lo, Stephen D. Bentley
Microbial Genomics · 2022
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000753
2022
Genetic background of Cambodian pneumococcal carriage isolates following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13
Sophie Belman, Sona Soeng, Chansovannara Soputhy, Rebecca Gladstone, Paulina A. Hawkins, Robert F. Breiman et al.
Microbial Genomics · 2022
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000837
2021
Psoriasis Characteristics for the Early Detection of Psoriatic Arthritis
Sophie Belman, Jessica A. Walsh, Courtney Carroll, Michael Milliken, Benjamin Haaland, Kristina Callis Duffin et al.
The Journal of Rheumatology · 2021
doi:10.3899/jrheum.201123
2021
SARS-CoV-2 genomics as a springboard for future disease mitigation in LMICs
Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2021
doi:10.1038/s41579-021-00664-y
2020
Considerations in assessing germline variant pathogenicity using cosegregation analysis.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2020
doi:10.1038/s41436-020-0920-4