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Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 3  January 22-29, 2015

Antimicrobials, Vaccines, Interventions

Molecular analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from diarrheal patients
Pan H, et al. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 2015; 81(2): 126–131.

Escherichia coli ST131: the quintessential example of an international multiresistant high-risk clone
Mathers A, et al. Adv Appl Microbiol 2015;90:109-54.

Clonal distribution of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae
Girlich D, et al. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis, Jan 16, 2015.

Myriad RBM, Institut Pasteur to field test platform for TB
GenomeWeb, Jan 20, 2015.

Evaluation of the potential impact of Ebola virus genomic drift on the efficacy of sequence-based candidate therapeutics
Kugelman JR, et al. mBio 2015; 6(1): e02227-14.

Comment:
USAMRIID-led study tracks genomic changes in Ebola virus in recent history
GenomeWeb, Jan 20, 2015.

Next generation sequencing reveals a controlled immune response to Zaire Ebola virus challenge in cynomolgus macaques immunized with VSVΔG/EBOVgp
Barrenas F, et al. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Jan 14.

Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum
Miotto O, et al. Nat Genet, Jan 19, 2015.

Comment:
Understanding antimalarial drug resistance
Vence T. The Scientist, Jan 21, 2015.

Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthetase-A581G mutation reduces
effectiveness of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine preventive therapy in Malawian pregnant
women
Gutman J, et al. J Infect Dis, Jan 6, 2015.