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Current News comprises short summaries of recent findings that address important or controversial areas of infection research.

Influenza A virions. Source: CDC/ F. A. Murphy

28 May 2010 PLoS Pathogens/ University of Michigan

Flu doesn't die out, it hides out

Every autumn, as predictably as falling leaves, flu season descends upon us. Every spring, just as predictably, the season comes...

HI-Virus. © HZI, Britta Meyer

27 May 2010 The Lancet

ART reduces HIV transmission risk substantially

As antiretroviral treatment (ART) is scaled up in Africa and other settings where resources remain limited, its potential...

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on a human finger. Source: CDC/ W. Brogdon, J. Gathany

26 May 2010 PloS Neglected Tropical Disease

Drains linked to lymphatic filariasis and malaria

The most common aquatic habitat in Dar es Salaam – drains – are important vectors for the development of lymphatic filariasis...

Cryptococcus neoformans can cause infection in the lung or in the brain. Source: CDC

24 May 2010 American Society for Microbiology/ mBio™

High rate of multiple strains in fungal infection

New research shows that nearly 1 in 5 cases of infection with the potentially deadly fungus Cryptococcus neoformans are caused by...

Enterococcus faecalis, which lives in the human gut, is just one type of microbe that will be studied as part of NIHs Human Microbiome Project. Source: US Dep of Agriculture

21 May 2010 NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

Genomic collection of human microbes published

The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) published an analysis of 178 genomes from microbes that live in or on the human body. The...

19 May 2010 BioMed Central

Did the end of smallpox vaccination cause the explosive spread of HIV?

Vaccinia immunization, as given to prevent the spread of smallpox, produces a five-fold reduction in HIV replication in the...

Influenza A virions. Source: CDC/ F. A. Murphy

18 May 2010 American Thoracic Society

Google Flu Trends estimates off

Google Flu Trends is not as accurate at estimating rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza as CDC national surveillance programs,...

Norovirus particles. Source: CDC/ C. D. Humphrey

17 May 2010 Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Noroviruses cause travelers' diarrhea

Noroviruses, infamous for causing outbreaks of gastroenteritis on cruise ships, may now be recognized as a common cause of...

Micrograph of Trypanosoma brucei, using Giemsa stain technique. Source: CDC/ Mae Melvin

12 May 2010 Int. J. of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Fly gut bacteria could control sleeping sickness

A new bacterial species, found in the gut of the fly that transmits African sleeping sickness, could be engineered to kill the...

Clostridium botulinum Type A colonies, Strain 2. Source: CDC/Dr. Holdeman

11 May 2010 Rockefeller University Press/Cell Biology

How botulinum toxin enters circulation

New research helps explain how the toxic protein responsible for botulism can enter circulation from the digestive system. The...

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