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Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes announcements by the US FDA regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock and a role for UV radiation in preventing the spread of VZV.
This month's Genome Watch highlights how a population study, in conjunction with a reference genome, can identify the evolutionary features that contribute to drug resistance in a protozoan parasite.
The decision of an independent oversight committee to recommend the redaction of sensitive information from two influenza research papers highlights the complexities of dual-use research.
Some individuals who are infected with both HIV and an opportunistic pathogen develop immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) when CD4+T cell numbers are restored. This reaction may arise from a hyper-responsiveness of innate immune cells to the newly reconstituted T cell help, and may apply to other cases of inflammatory pathology.
Justin Radolf and colleagues summarize our accumulated knowledge of the molecular biology and virulence ofBorrelia burgdorferi, and its interactions with the arthropod vector and mammalian hosts.
