Microbiology and infectious disease

eLife publishes research covering virology, bacteriology and mycology. Decisions are made by journal editors who are active researchers in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease.
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    The [1] parasite’s new clothes

    Mark S Pearson et al.
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    Catch [2] me

    Emilie Bourdonnay et al.
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    Autophagy [3] under attack

    Paul de Figueiredo et al.
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    Autophagy [4] under attack

    Paul de Figueiredo et al.
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    Autophagy [5] under attack

    Paul de Figueiredo et al.
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    Autophagy [6] under attack

    Paul de Figueiredo et al.

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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    Quorum sensing control of Type VI secretion factors restricts the proliferation of quorum-sensing mutants

    Charlotte Majerczyk et al.
    Quorum-sensing control of Burkholderia thailandensis toxin and immunity pairs serves to police quorum-sensing mutants and may represent a general strategy whereby cooperators can police mutants.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus

    1. Genomics and evolutionary biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Evolutionary diversification of the trypanosome haptoglobin-haemoglobin receptor from an ancestral haemoglobin receptor

    Harriet Lane-Serff et al.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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    The global antigenic diversity of swine influenza A viruses

    Nicola S Lewis et al.
    Swine populations worldwide are sporadically infected by influenza viruses from humans and birds leading to geographically heterogeneous swine influenza virus populations that pose epizootic and pandemic threats.
    1. Ecology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms

    Hanno Teeling et al.
    Dynamic successive blooms of clades of planktonic marine bacteria that can be observed during blooms of marine algae follow discernible patterns, part of which might be explained by substrate-induced forcing.

Senior editors

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    Prabhat Jha
    University of Toronto
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    Richard Losick
    Harvard University
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