Genomics|Update|December 4 Infectious Diseases ► Host-Pathogen Interactions [6]

Genomics|Update|December 4 Infectious Diseases

Volume 33  Number 22  December 4-11, 2014

Host-Pathogen Interactions

Impact of HLA-driven HIV adaptation on virulence in populations of high HIV seroprevalence 
Payne R, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 1.

Evidence after imputation for a role of MICA variants in nonprogression and elite control of HIV type 1 infection 
Le Clerc S, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(12):  1946-1950.

Variation at HLA-DRB1 is associated with resistance to enteric fever 
Dunstan SJ, et al. Nat Genet 2014; 46: 1333–1336.

Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine–related febrile seizures 
Feenstra B, et al. Nat Genet 2014; 46: 1274–1282.

Comment:

Feverish prospects for seizure genetics
Sisodiya S. Nat Genet 2014; 46: 1255–1256.

Prolonged use of a proton pump inhibitor reduces microbial diversity: implications for Clostridium difficile susceptibility
Seto CT, et al. Microbiome 2014, 2:42.

Comment:

Sequencing reveals changes in gut microbiome from PPI treatment, supports link to C. diff infection
Ashford M. GenomeWeb, Dec 1, 2014.

Effect of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria on host biomarkers potentially relevant for tuberculosis management
Dhanasekaran S, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8(10): e3243.

Microbiome: The bacterial tightrope
Bourzac K. Nature  2014; 516: S14–S16.

The feline oral microbiome: a provisional 16S rRNA gene based taxonomy with full-length reference sequences
Dewhurst FE, et al. Vet Microbiol, Dec 1, 2014.