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Current News comprises short summaries of recent findings that address important or controversial areas of infection research.
11 March 2010 PLoS ONE / ARS
Octenol leads mosquitoes to their hosts
The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound...
09 March 2010 Journal of Health Geographics
Pandemic flu shows signs of resisting Tamiflu
If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that...
08 March 2010 Sci. Transl. Med. / Duke University
Early test for a killer of the sickest
An early test for fungal infections that measures how a patient's genes are responding could save the lives of some very sick...
05 March 2010 Nature/ EMBL
Bacterial balance that keeps us healthy
The thousands of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in our gut are essential contributors to our good health. They...
04 March 2010 Vaccine / HZI
Researchers study adjuvant to improve vaccinations
Researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany have found a new molecule with the...
03 March 2010 PLoS Medicine
Why poor countries fail to reach Millennium Development Goals
A study published in PLoS Medicine this week examines why poor countries are falling behind with the UN Millennium Development...
02 March 2010 Molecular Ecology
Small wings travel far to spread West Nile virus
West Nile virus set the country abuzz when it rapidly spread from coast to coast just a few years after arriving in the United...
26 February 2010 The American Journal of Pathology
Toxin does not affect MRSA-induced pneumonia
Toxin Does Not Affect MRSA-Induced Pneumonia A group led by Dr. James M. Musser at the Center for Molecular and Translational...
24 February 2010 PloS Biology
Dry winters linked to seasonal outbreaks of influenza
The seasonal increase of influenza has long baffled scientists, but a new study published this week in PLoS Biology has found...
22 February 2010 PloS Genetics
Researchers identify susceptibility variants for viral infections
Viruses have played a role in shaping human genetic variability, according to a study published February 19 in the open-access...
