Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A protease-sensing circuit links neutrophil inflammation to virulence regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Stephanie Guerra, Ananya Dash ... Christopher N LaRock
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    In vitro sexual dimorphism establishment in schistosomes

    Rémi Pichon, Magda E Lotkowska ... Gabriel Rinaldi
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    An abundant merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum modulates susceptibility to inhibitory antibodies

    Isabelle G Henshall, Jill Chmielewski ... Danny W Wilson
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Correlates of protection against African swine fever virus identified by a systems immunology approach

    Kirill Lotonin, Francisco Brito ... Artur Summerfield
    Dissecting protective versus detrimental immune responses uncovers biomarkers and mechanisms that can inform the rational design and evaluation of live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever virus.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Estimating probabilities of malaria importation in southern Mozambique through modelling P. falciparum genomics and mobility patterns

    Arnau Pujol, Arlindo Chidimatembue ... Alfredo Mayor
    Malaria importation in Matutuine district from southern Mozambique is strongly contributing to sustaining transmission, with Inhambane province being the main source of importation.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis partitions the Krebs cycle under iron starvation

    Agnese Serafini, Acely Garza-Garcia ... Riccardo Manganelli
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis rewires central carbon metabolism to circumvent iron-dependent metabolic routes during iron starvation.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Acyl Carrier Protein is Essential for Apicoplast Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites Independent of Fatty Acid Synthesis

    Sage WR Geher, Seyi Falekun ... Paul A Sigala
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The targeted cytosolic degradation of class I histone deacetylases is essential for efficient alphaherpesvirus replication

    Sheng-Li Ming, Meng-Hua Du ... Bei-Bei Chu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Pathogen-Phage Geomapping to Overcome Resistance

    Camilla Do, Keiko C Salazar ... Anthony W Maresso
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    From multiplicity of infection to force of infection in sparsely sampled high-transmission Plasmodium falciparum populations

    Qi Zhan, Kathryn E Tiedje ... Mercedes Pascual
    Queuing theory links multiplicity of infection (MOI) to force of infection (FOI), enabling the estimation of transmission intensity for falciparum malaria (and other infectious diseases) from sparsely sampled surveys.
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Gut Microbiome: Bacteria weigh up costs and benefits of mobile weapons

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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