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EHEC and EPEC produce large macromolecular structures that exhibit adhesive and cytopathic properties and might act as a substratum for biofilm formation.
A recentPLoS Pathogenspaper provides direct evidence to support the hypothesis that the systemic immune activation that occurs during chronic HIV-1 infection is linked to the translocation of microbial products from the intestinal lumen.
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.
A type III secretion system effector produced byChlamydia trachomatisis targeted to the nucleus of the host cell and functions as a histone methyltransferase.
A new report shows that phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α regulates the conversion ofPlasmodiumspp. salivary gland sporozoites into liver-stage sporozoites.