Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ▲ Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 5  February 5-12, 2015

Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

Increase in endemic Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W sequence type 11 complex associated with severe invasive disease in England and Wales
Ladhani SN, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 15;60(4):578-85.

Novel reassortant highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza viruses in poultry in China 
Wu H, et al. Infect Genet Evol, Jan 31, 2015.

Emergence of a new lineage of dengue virus type 2 identified in travelers entering Western Australia from Indonesia, 2010-2012
Ernst T, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(1): e0003442.

Population structure of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in an urban environment
Khatchikian CE, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(2): e0003425.

Classification of Bartonella strains associated with straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) across Africa using a multi-locus sequence typing platform
Bai Y, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jan 30;9(1):e0003478.