News

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

07 October 2011 PLoS Pathogens

Chlamydia utilizes Trojan horse tactics to infect cells

A novel mechanism has been identified in which Chlamydia trachomatis tricks host cells into taking up the bacteria. Researchers...

05 October 2011 PLoS Medicine

Using serological data coupled with clinical surveillance data can provide real-time estimates of the infection attack rates and...

04 October 2011 Rockefeller University Press/JEM

Cells making slippery mucus provide a sticking point for disease-causing bacteria in the gut, according to a study published in...

30 September 2011 American Journal of Public Health.

Proper planning before the introduction of new vaccines into a developing country's active immunization program could prevent...

29 September 2011 National Institutes of Health/NIAID

A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tablet or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can...

28 September 2011 Public Library of Science

Central Asia continues to suffer from a post-Soviet economic breakdown that may have contributed to a re-emergence of several...

23 September 2011 Cornell University / PLoS Pathogens

Cornell researchers recently discovered how T. gondii evades our defenses by hacking immune cells, making it the first known...

21 September 2011 American Society for Microbiology / mbio

Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as...

20 September 2011 Imperial College London / Blood

Researchers have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system, in a new lab-based study published in the journal...

16 September 2011 The Scripps Research Institute / Cell

Most of the time, being ill with the flu is little more than a nuisance. Other times, it can spark an exaggerated immune response...