Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Host-Pathogen Interactions [5]

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 4  January 29 - February 5, 2015

Host-Pathogen Interactions

A new method for estimating species age supports the co-existence of malaria parasites and their mammalian hosts

Silva JC, et al. Mol Biol Evol. 2015 Jan 13.

Comment: 

U of Maryland-led statistical study points to co-evolution of Plasmodium parasite, mammalian hosts

Thomas UG. GenomeWeb, Jan 26, 2015.

Genomic assays for Epstein–Barr virus-positive gastric adenocarcinoma
Gulley ML Exp Mol Med. 2015 Jan 23;47:e134.

Microbiota that affect risk for Shigellosis in children in low-income countries

Lindsay B, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):242-250.

Genome-wide profiling of HPV integration in cervical cancer identifies clustered genomic hot spots and a potential microhomology-mediated integration mechanism

Hu Z, et al. Nat Genet 2015; 47: 158–163.

RNA populations in immunocompromised patients as reservoirs for novel norovirus variants

Vega E, et al. J Virol. 2014 Dec;88(24):14184-96.

Commensal microbes and interferon-λ determine persistence of enteric murine norovirus infection

Baldridge MT, et al. Science. 2015 Jan 16;347(6219):266-9.

HIV-1 adaptation to HLA: a window into virus–host immune interactions

Carlson JM, et al. Trends Microbiol, Jan 19, 2015.