May 27, 2017
Environmental surveillance tools for monitoring polio eradication
Currently a major obstacle to the complete eradication of polio is that poliovirus from endemic countries can be reintroduced into polio-free countries. One way of…
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May 27, 2017
Role of clonal expansion in HIV reservoir persistence
The major obstacle that prevents HIV cures from being achieved is the persistence of cells containing intact proviruses that can produce replication-competent virus. This reservoir…
May 25, 2017
Mapping the human blood virome
Understanding the totality of the blood virome is important for being sure that blood-derived transfusion products are safe and for identifying emerging pathogens. The authors…
May 25, 2017
Example of how viruses in fungi can impact upon non-self recognition in the innate immune system
In order for organisms to develop innate immunity they also need to be able to distinguish between self and non-self. Fungal vegetative incompatibility is a…
May 25, 2017
Mutations and their evolution that allow for increase in virulence of oral polio vaccine strains
The attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV) has been critical to allowing global vaccination efforts to take place against polio, with near complete control of the…
May 25, 2017
Role of population density on transmission chains for dengue virus in Thailand
The authors were interested in how pathogens like dengue virus are actually transmitted in relation to observed patterns of cases. While phylogeographic methods have been…
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