Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Heterogeneity of Genetic Sequence within Quasi-species of Influenza Virus Revealed by Single-Molecule Sequencing

    Kenji Tamao, Hiroyuki Noji, Kazuhito V Tabata
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    High-content high-resolution microscopy and deep learning-assisted analysis reveals host and bacterial heterogeneity during Shigella infection

    Ana Teresa López-Jiménez, Dominik Brokatzky ... Serge Mostowy
    High-content high-resolution microscopy coupled with deep learning-based analysis reveals novel phenotypes at the single-cell level during Shigella infection.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The Shigella flexneri effector IpaH1.4 facilitates RNF213 degradation and protects cytosolic bacteria against interferon-induced ubiquitylation

    Luz Saavedra-Sanchez, Mary S Dickinson ... Jörn Coers
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    ZFT is the major iron and zinc transporter in Toxoplasma gondii

    Dana Aghabi, Cecilia Gallego Rubio ... Clare R Harding
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The Mac1 ADP-ribosylhydrolase is a Therapeutic Target for SARS-CoV-2

    Rahul K Suryawanshi, Priyadarshini Jaishankar ... James S Fraser
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Lipid peroxidation and type I interferon coupling fuels pathogenic macrophage activation causing tuberculosis susceptibility

    Shivraj M Yabaji, Vadim Zhernovkov ... Igor Kramnik
    Myc dysregulation in activated macrophages impairs antioxidant defenses, locking them in a vicious cycle that amplifies type I interferon signaling, driving hyperinflammation and immunosuppression.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    The age and sex dynamics of heterosexual HIV transmission in Zambia: an HPTN 071 (PopART) phylogenetic and modelling study

    Matthew D Hall, William Probert ... the PANGEA-HIV consortium and the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tracking maternal proteins uncovers a central role for the residual body in organelle recycling during Toxoplasma gondii replication

    Julia von Knoerzer-Suckow, Parnian Sazegar ... Markus Meissner
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    BuzzWatch: Uncovering Multi-scale Temporal Patterns in Mosquito Behavior Through Continuous Long-term Monitoring

    Théo Maire, Zhong Wan ... Felix JH Hol
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A drug repurposing approach reveals targetable epigenetic pathways in Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites

    Steven P Maher, Malina A Bakowski ... Dennis E Kyle
    Drug repurposing screens reveal several epigenetic inhibitors as active against P. vivax hypnozoites demonstrating that epigenetic pathways play a central role in hypnozoite quiescence.
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
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    3. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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