Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Gateway

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    Outbreak of a novel coronavirus

    This timely review summarises the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (HCoV-EMC), which has caused a number of fatal cases in the UK and Middle East.

    Virology Journal 2013, 10:66
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    CD4+ specificity in HIV-1 infections

    Activation levels of herpes virus-specific CD4+ T cell populations are significantly elevated in untreated HIV+ individuals, suggesting that the elevated level of immune activation that characterizes chronic HIV infection may be influenced by the persistence of other antigens

    BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:100
  • Eukaryotic gene transfer

    A survey of the genomes of eukaryotic microbial parasites reveals extensive lateral gene transfer from prokaryotes

    Genome Biology 2013, 14:R19
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    Gene expression during poxvirus infection

    A microarray study in cells infected with cowpox, monkeypox or vaccinia virus showed differential expression of immune responses genes, providing a key resource for understanding these important zoonotic infections

    Virology Journal 2013, 10:61
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    Differences in furious and paralytic rabies

    Lower rabies virus (RV) antigen is found in paralytic rabies compared to furious in several CNS regions of dogs, but is associated with greater brainstem inflammation in paralytic rabies, which could retard RV propagation towards the cerebral hemispheres.

    BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:31
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    A new canine bocavirus

    A new species of bocavirus has been identified in the liver of a dog with haemorrhagic gastoenteritis and is highly genetically distinct from the two known canine bocaviruses.

    Virology Journal 2013, 10:54
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    The spread of influenza in schools

    A low-cost ranking method for modeling the spread of influenza in schools identifies subpopulations at higher risk of early infection than randomly selected communities, which could be effective for predicting and preventing epidemics.

    BMC Medicine 2013, 11:35
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    Modeling infection transmission

    Gerardo Chowell and Cécile Viboud comment on a novel method that identifies risk of influenza transmission and allows early detection of infection in schools, but caution that this promising method needs testing on outbreaks in different settings.

    BMC Medicine 2013, 11:36
  • Phage therapy to prevent food poisoning

    Bacillus cereus is a cause of food poisoning, which could be prevented through the use of lytic bacteriophage. This study describes a novel phage, isolated from sewage, in the family Myoviridae. This phage is able to infect a broad range of Bacillus species, including B. cereus and B. anthracis, indicating its potential application in food preservation.

    Virology Journal 2013, 10:48
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    Swine virus protects from human influenza

    A swine influenza virus that grows to high titres and exhibits cross-reactivity was identified and used as an inactivated vaccine to protect mice from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain.

    Virology Journal 2013, 10:47