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HIV transmissions into intervention communities from control communities in the Botswana/Ya Tsie trial were similar to the reverse at baseline, and 10 times more common post-baseline, concordant with a predicted benefit of a universal test-and-treat HIV prevention intervention.

Fetal Zika virus’ direct infection of the brain causes neuroanatomical pathology that tracks with the brain development, following a caudal-to-rostral trajectory, even in individuals who do not develop microcephaly.

After myocardial infarction, gut microbiota affects platelet aggregation rate by regulating the absorption and metabolism of ticagrelor.

The intracellular network that distributes iron-sulfur clusters in bacteria is surprisingly 'plug and play' with iron-sulfur enzymes acquired from distantly related species, whereas the intracellular electron transfer network often needs plug adapters to connect with foreign enzymes.

Sera from vaccinated subjects bound additional linear epitopes compared to sera from individuals with mild infection, in addition the pathways of escape from antibodies from vaccination were more uniform than those from mildly infected individuals.

A novel bacterial protease activated by a eukaryote-specific factor attacks a host protein involved in cytoskeleton organization to inhibit cell migration during Legionella pneumophila infection.

Novel small molecule inhibitors act against Neisseria including multi-drug resistant isolates by uniquely targeting RNR thereby enabling single pathogen therapy whilst sparing the microbiome.

Disruption of disulfide bond formation sensitizes resistant Gram-negative bacteria expressing β-lactamases and mobile colistin resistance enzymes to currently available antibiotics.

RNA m6A level is dually regulated during RV infection and development, METTL3 deficiency in IECs results in increased resistance to rotaviral infection through reduced m6A modificaitons on Irf7.

Rapid evolution and gene conversion of a primate cell surface receptor family blocks recognition by pathogenic bacteria.