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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes cholera in Haiti, exosomes for viral communication, the end of AIDS, statins as antibacterials, and a Q fever outbreak.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes an outbreak of chikungunya fever in France, the origin of human malaria and the first description of an intrinsic mechanism of retrovirus recognition.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes an antisense therapy for Ebola virus infection, a transcriptional signature for active tuberculosis, and the spread of carbapenem antibiotic resistance.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes the development of microneedle patches for influenza vaccination, cases of Dengue virus infection in Florida and progress in our understanding of HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes filoviruses in mammalian genomes, interactions between gut bacteria and intestinal parasites, gene therapy to treat HIV, and the debate about the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes new developments in HIV preventative measures, a treatment for Ebola and the identification of tuberculosis in feral wild boar.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes mixed progress for anti-polio campaigns, mechanistic insight into the immune response to co-infection with HIV and non-typhoidalSalmonella, and revelation of the global disease burden for respiratory syncytial virus infection.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes similarities between Spanish flu and swine flu and decreased mortality of HIV-infected individuals when prophylactically treated with co-trimoxazole.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes a broad-spectrum antiviral that tackles all enveloped viruses and the latest on the link between XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes recent findings in malaria research and news of a large donation for vaccine research and distribution.

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  • Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes evidence for Darwinian evolution in prions and a mixed month for the HIV research community

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  • Our monthly round-up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes a new model forEntamoeba histolyticainfection and the effects of globalization on pathogen emergence and evolution.

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