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Infectious Diseases

Cost-effectiveness of IL28Beta genotype-guided protease inhibitor triple therapy versus standard of care treatment in patients with hepatitis C genotypes 2 or 3 Infection 
Bock JA, et al. Public Health Genomics 2014 Sep

Emerging viral diseases: confronting threats with new technologies
Marston HD, et al. Sci Transl Med 2014; 6(253): 253ps10

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak
Gire SK, et al. Science 2014; 345: 1369-1372.

Virus sharing, genetic sequencing, and global health security
Gostin LO, et al. Science 2014; 345: 1295-1296.

What is for dinner? Viral metagenomics of US store bought beef, pork, and chicken
Zhang W, et al. Virology. 2014; 468-470C:303-310.

The whole genome sequence of coxsackievirus B3 MKP strain leading to myocarditis and its molecular phylogenetic analysis
Liu B, et al. Virol J 2014; 11:33.

Association between BVAB1 and high Nugent scores among women with bacterial vaginosis
Muzny CA, et al. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis, Sep 16, 2014.

Metagenomic analysis of double-stranded DNA viruses in healthy adults  [PDF 2.44 MB]
Wylie K, et al. BMC Biology 2014: 12:71.

A systematic analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters in the human microbiome reveals a common family of antibiotics. 
MS Donia et al, Cell September 19, 2014  

Sequence-specific antimicrobials using efficiently delivered RNA-guided nucleases.
Citorik RJ, et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Sep 21.

Using next-generation sequencing to isolate mutant genes from forward genetic screens
Schneeberger K. Nat Rev Genet 2014; 15: 662–676.

Bioinformatics software: a buyer’s guide
Smith DR. The Scientist, Sep 2, 2014.

Transformation of personal computers and mobile phones into genetic diagnostic systems
Walker FM, et al. Anal Chem 2014; 86 (18): 9236–9241.

Comment:
UCSB team uses computer CPU as thermocycler; eyes low-resource MDx applications, by Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Sep 11, 2014.