Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Host-Pathogen Interactions

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 2  January 15-22, 2015

Host-Pathogen Interactions

Host genetics: deciphering the variability in susceptibility to infections
Antonelli G, Roilides E. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1235-1236.

Hepatitis C virus and interferon type III (interferon-λ3/interleukin-28B and interferon-λ4): genetic basis of susceptibility to infection and response to antiviral treatment
Riva E, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1237-1245.

Host factors and genetic susceptibility to infections due to intracellular bacteria and fastidious organisms 
Asner AS, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1246-1253.

Host genetics and opportunistic fungal infections 
Pana ZD, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1254-1264.

Host genetics and parasitic infections
Mangano VD, Modiani D. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1265-1275.

Community behavior and spatial regulation within a bacterial microcolony in deep tissue sites serves to protect against host attack
Davis KM, et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 17(1): 21–31.

Comment:
Heterogeneous host-pathogen encounters: act locally, think globally
Bumann D. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 17(1): 13-19.

Diet dominates host genotype in shaping the murine gut microbiota
Carmody RM, et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 17(1): 72–84.

Comment:
Murine gut microbiota—diet trumps genes
Walter J. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 17(1): 3–5.

Analysis of changes in diversity and abundance of the microbial community in a cystic fibrosis patient over a multiyear period
Stokell JR, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2015; 53(1): 237-247.

The BER necessities: the repair of DNA damage in human-adapted bacterial pathogens
van der Veen S, et al. Nat Rev Microbiol, Jan 12, 2015.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in immune response genes in acute Q fever cases with differences in self-reported symptoms
Wielders CC, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, Jan 11, 2015.

Mycobacterium africanum Is associated with patient ethnicity in Ghana
Asante-Poku A, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(1): e3370.

HIV infection en route to endogenization: two cases
Colson P, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1280–1288.

Comment:
From ‘purging’ to ‘endogenization’ of the HIV genome: a new approach to HIV eradication?
Antonelli G. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20(12): 1278-1279.

A study of genotyping for management of human papillomavirus-positive, cytology-negative cervical screening results
Schiffman M, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2015; 53(1): 52-59.