August 2008

Movements of one naturally infected duck were monitored in Nigeria by satellite telemetry (or using a satellite tracking system), providing rare evidence of a non-lethal natural infection by an avian influenza virus with a highly pathogenic viral genotype in wild birds (see Gaidet et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000127).

Image Credit: Photograph courtesy of Pierre Poilecot, CIRAD.

Opinion

HIV Vaccine Development in the Aftermath of the STEP Study: Re-Focus on Occult HIV Infection?

Klaus Überla

PLOS Pathogens: published August 29, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000114

Research Articles

Commensal-Induced Regulatory T Cells Mediate Protection against Pathogen-Stimulated NF-κB Activation

Caitlin O'Mahony, Paul Scully, David O'Mahony, Sharon Murphy, Frances O'Brien, Anne Lyons, Graham Sherlock, John MacSharry, Barry Kiely, Fergus Shanahan, Liam O'Mahony

PLOS Pathogens: published August 1, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000112

H5N1 and 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection Results in Early and Excessive Infiltration of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Lungs of Mice

Lucy A. Perrone, Julie K. Plowden, Adolfo García-Sastre, Jacqueline M. Katz, Terrence M. Tumpey

PLOS Pathogens: published August 1, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000115

Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein Protects from Systemic Candida Infection

Victoria Rydengård, Oonagh Shannon, Katarina Lundqvist, Lukasz Kacprzyk, Anna Chalupka, Anna-Karin Olsson, Matthias Mörgelin, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Martin Malmsten, Artur Schmidtchen

PLOS Pathogens: published August 1, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000116

Legionella Eukaryotic-Like Type IV Substrates Interfere with Organelle Trafficking

Karim Suwwan de Felipe, Robert T. Glover, Xavier Charpentier, O. Roger Anderson, Moraima Reyes, Christopher D. Pericone, Howard A. Shuman

PLOS Pathogens: published August 1, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000117

An Erythrocyte Vesicle Protein Exported by the Malaria Parasite Promotes Tubovesicular Lipid Import from the Host Cell Surface

Pamela A. Tamez, Souvik Bhattacharjee, Christiaan van Ooij, N. Luisa Hiller, Manuel Llinás, Bharath Balu, John H. Adams, Kasturi Haldar

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000118

Structure of the Head of the Bartonella Adhesin BadA

Pawel Szczesny, Dirk Linke, Astrid Ursinus, Kerstin Bär, Heinz Schwarz, Tanja M. Riess, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Andrei N. Lupas, Jörg Martin, Kornelius Zeth

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000119

Rudra Interrupts Receptor Signaling Complexes to Negatively Regulate the IMD Pathway

Kamna Aggarwal, Florentina Rus, Christie Vriesema-Magnuson, Deniz Ertürk-Hasdemir, Nicholas Paquette, Neal Silverman

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000120

Temperature Shift and Host Cell Contact Up-Regulate Sporozoite Expression of Plasmodium falciparum Genes Involved in Hepatocyte Infection

Anthony Siau, Olivier Silvie, Jean-François Franetich, Samir Yalaoui, Carine Marinach, Laurent Hannoun, Geert-Jaan van Gemert, Adrian J. F. Luty, Emmanuel Bischoff, Peter H. David, Georges Snounou, Catherine Vaquero, Patrick Froissard, Dominique Mazier

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000121

The Role of B-cells and IgM Antibodies in Parasitemia, Anemia, and VSG Switching in Trypanosoma brucei–Infected Mice

Stefan Magez, Anita Schwegmann, Robert Atkinson, Filip Claes, Michael Drennan, Patrick De Baetselier, Frank Brombacher

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000122

Human Cytomegalovirus UL18 Utilizes US6 for Evading the NK and T-Cell Responses

Youngkyun Kim, Boyoun Park, Sunglim Cho, Jinwook Shin, Kwangmin Cho, Youngsoo Jun, Kwangseog Ahn

PLOS Pathogens: published August 8, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000123

Host Responses in Life-History Traits and Tolerance to Virus Infection in Arabidopsis thaliana

Israel Pagán, Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Fernando García-Arenal

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000124

Diversification of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus and Related Viruses Spans the History of Agriculture from the Neolithic to the Present

Denis Fargette, Agnès Pinel-Galzi, Drissa Sérémé, Séverine Lacombe, Eugénie Hébrard, Oumar Traoré, Gnissa Konaté

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000125

Vesicular Egress of Non-Enveloped Lytic Parvoviruses Depends on Gelsolin Functioning

Séverine Bär, Laurent Daeffler, Jean Rommelaere, Jürg P. F. Nüesch

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000126

Evidence of Infection by H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Healthy Wild Waterfowl

Nicolas Gaidet, Giovanni Cattoli, Saliha Hammoumi, Scott H. Newman, Ward Hagemeijer, John Y. Takekawa, Julien Cappelle, Tim Dodman, Tony Joannis, Patricia Gil, Isabella Monne, Alice Fusaro, Ilaria Capua, Shiiwuua Manu, Pierfrancesco Micheloni, Ulf Ottosson, John H. Mshelbwala, Juan Lubroth, Joseph Domenech, François Monicat

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000127

Vaccinia Virus Proteins A52 and B14 Share a Bcl-2–Like Fold but Have Evolved to Inhibit NF-κB rather than Apoptosis

Stephen C. Graham, Mohammad W. Bahar, Samantha Cooray, Ron A.-J. Chen, Daniel M. Whalen, Nicola G. A. Abrescia, David Alderton, Raymond J. Owens, David I. Stuart, Geoffrey L. Smith, Jonathan M. Grimes

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000128

Crystal Structure of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in Complex with the Cell Surface Co-Receptor GT1b—Insight into the Toxin–Neuron Interaction

Pål Stenmark, Jérôme Dupuy, Akihiro Imamura, Makoto Kiso, Raymond C. Stevens

PLOS Pathogens: published August 15, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000129

Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Reassortant H5N1 Influenza Virus in Indonesia

Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Chung-Chau Hon, Oliver G. Pybus, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Raymond Tze-Yeung Wong, Chi-Wai Yip, Fanya Zeng, Frederick Chi-Ching Leung

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000130

HIV-1 Nef Targets MHC-I and CD4 for Degradation Via a Final Common β-COP–Dependent Pathway in T Cells

Malinda R. Schaefer, Elizabeth R. Wonderlich, Jeremiah F. Roeth, Jolie A. Leonard, Kathleen L. Collins

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000131

Bacillus anthracis Secretes Proteins That Mediate Heme Acquisition from Hemoglobin

Anthony W. Maresso, Gabriella Garufi, Olaf Schneewind

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000132

Molecular Epidemiology of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 Influenza Virus during a Single Epidemic Season in the United States

Martha I. Nelson, Laurel Edelman, David J. Spiro, Alex R. Boyne, Jayati Bera, Rebecca Halpin, Elodie Ghedin, Mark A. Miller, Lone Simonsen, Cecile Viboud, Edward C. Holmes

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000133

HIV Traffics through a Specialized, Surface-Accessible Intracellular Compartment during trans-Infection of T Cells by Mature Dendritic Cells

Hyun Jae Yu, Morgan A. Reuter, David McDonald

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000134

Viral Paratransgenesis in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae

Xiaoxia Ren, Egbert Hoiczyk, Jason L. Rasgon

PLOS Pathogens: published August 22, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000135

Host Determinant Residue Lysine 627 Lies on the Surface of a Discrete, Folded Domain of Influenza Virus Polymerase PB2 Subunit

Franck Tarendeau, Thibaut Crepin, Delphine Guilligay, Rob W. H. Ruigrok, Stephen Cusack, Darren J. Hart

PLOS Pathogens: published August 29, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000136

A C-Terminal Protease-Resistant Prion Fragment Distinguishes Ovine “CH1641-Like” Scrapie from Bovine Classical and L-Type BSE in Ovine Transgenic Mice

Thierry Baron, Anna Bencsik, Johann Vulin, Anne-Gaëlle Biacabe, Eric Morignat, Jérémy Verchere, Dominique Betemps

PLOS Pathogens: published August 29, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000137

Superior Immunogenicity of Inactivated Whole Virus H5N1 Influenza Vaccine is Primarily Controlled by Toll-like Receptor Signalling

Felix Geeraedts, Nadege Goutagny, Veit Hornung, Martina Severa, Aalzen de Haan, Judith Pool, Jan Wilschut, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Anke Huckriede

PLOS Pathogens: published August 29, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000138

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**White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata fitted with an 18g solar powered satellite transmitter.**

Opinion

HIV Vaccine Development in the Aftermath of the STEP Study: Re-Focus on Occult HIV Infection?

Research Articles

Commensal-Induced Regulatory T Cells Mediate Protection against Pathogen-Stimulated NF-κB Activation

H5N1 and 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection Results in Early and Excessive Infiltration of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Lungs of Mice

Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein Protects from Systemic Candida Infection

Legionella Eukaryotic-Like Type IV Substrates Interfere with Organelle Trafficking

Related Articles

An Erythrocyte Vesicle Protein Exported by the Malaria Parasite Promotes Tubovesicular Lipid Import from the Host Cell Surface

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Structure of the Head of the Bartonella Adhesin BadA

Rudra Interrupts Receptor Signaling Complexes to Negatively Regulate the IMD Pathway

Temperature Shift and Host Cell Contact Up-Regulate Sporozoite Expression of Plasmodium falciparum Genes Involved in Hepatocyte Infection

The Role of B-cells and IgM Antibodies in Parasitemia, Anemia, and VSG Switching in Trypanosoma brucei–Infected Mice

Human Cytomegalovirus UL18 Utilizes US6 for Evading the NK and T-Cell Responses

Host Responses in Life-History Traits and Tolerance to Virus Infection in Arabidopsis thaliana

Diversification of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus and Related Viruses Spans the History of Agriculture from the Neolithic to the Present

Vesicular Egress of Non-Enveloped Lytic Parvoviruses Depends on Gelsolin Functioning

Evidence of Infection by H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Healthy Wild Waterfowl

Vaccinia Virus Proteins A52 and B14 Share a Bcl-2–Like Fold but Have Evolved to Inhibit NF-κB rather than Apoptosis

Crystal Structure of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in Complex with the Cell Surface Co-Receptor GT1b—Insight into the Toxin–Neuron Interaction

Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Reassortant H5N1 Influenza Virus in Indonesia

HIV-1 Nef Targets MHC-I and CD4 for Degradation Via a Final Common β-COP–Dependent Pathway in T Cells

Bacillus anthracis Secretes Proteins That Mediate Heme Acquisition from Hemoglobin

Molecular Epidemiology of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 Influenza Virus during a Single Epidemic Season in the United States

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HIV Traffics through a Specialized, Surface-Accessible Intracellular Compartment during trans-Infection of T Cells by Mature Dendritic Cells

Viral Paratransgenesis in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae

Host Determinant Residue Lysine 627 Lies on the Surface of a Discrete, Folded Domain of Influenza Virus Polymerase PB2 Subunit

A C-Terminal Protease-Resistant Prion Fragment Distinguishes Ovine “CH1641-Like” Scrapie from Bovine Classical and L-Type BSE in Ovine Transgenic Mice

Superior Immunogenicity of Inactivated Whole Virus H5N1 Influenza Vaccine is Primarily Controlled by Toll-like Receptor Signalling

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