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October 2014

As a novel target organism of the cell-autonomous IRG resistance system, Jonathan Howard and colleagues identified the fungal parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi, which while growing unrestricted incidentally formed here a heart-shaped vacuole with its spores (immunostained in red, DAPI blue). See Jonathan Howard and colleagues.

Image Credit: Helen Springer-Frauenhoff

Pearls

Adaptive Prediction As a Strategy in Microbial Infections

Sascha Brunke, Bernhard Hube

Chrysosporium-Related Fungi and Reptiles: A Fatal Attraction

F. Javier Cabañes, Deanna A. Sutton, Josep Guarro

Theory and Empiricism in Virulence Evolution

James J. Bull, Adam S. Lauring

Paracoccidioides Species Complex: Ecology, Phylogeny, Sexual Reproduction, and Virulence

Marcus M. Teixeira, Raquel C. Theodoro, Gustavo Nino-Vega, Eduardo Bagagli, Maria S. S. Felipe

Review

Role of Non-conventional T Lymphocytes in Respiratory Infections: The Case of the Pneumococcus

Stoyan Ivanov, Christophe Paget, François Trottein

Research Articles

Insights into Vibrio cholerae Intestinal Colonization from Monitoring Fluorescently Labeled Bacteria

Yves A. Millet, David Alvarez, Simon Ringgaard, Ulrich H. von Andrian, Brigid M. Davis, Matthew K. Waldor

Cyclophilin A Associates with Enterovirus-71 Virus Capsid and Plays an Essential Role in Viral Infection as an Uncoating Regulator

Jie Qing, Yaxin Wang, Yuna Sun, Jiaoyan Huang, Wenzhong Yan, Jinglan Wang, Dan Su, Cheng Ni, Jian Li, Zihe Rao, Lei Liu, Zhiyong Lou

HIV Acquisition Is Associated with Increased Antimicrobial Peptides and Reduced HIV Neutralizing IgA in the Foreskin Prepuce of Uncircumcised Men

Taha Hirbod, Xiangrong Kong, Godgrey Kigozi, Anthony Ndyanabo, David Serwadda, Jessica L. Prodger, Aaron A. Tobian, Fred Nalugoda, Maria J. Wawer, Kamnoosh Shahabi, Olga L. Rojas, Jennifer L. Gommerman, Kristina Broliden, Rupert Kaul, Ronald H. Gray

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