Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations [2]

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 33  Number 22  December 4-18, 2014

Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

The presence of the pAA plasmid in the German O104:H4 Shiga toxin type 2a (Stx2a)–producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strain promotes the translocation of Stx2a across an epithelial cell monolayer 
Boisen N, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(12): 1909-1919.

Comment:

The worst of both worlds: examining the hypervirulence of the shigatoxigenic/enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 
Steiner TS. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(12): 1860-1862.

Identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) clades with long-term global distribution
von Mentzer A, et al. Nat Genet 2014; 46: 1321–1326.

Genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships among Legionella pneumophila clinical isolates, Portugal, 1987 to 2012 
Chasqueira MJ, et al. Euro Surveill 2014;19(46):pii=20965.

The evolutionary history and spatiotemporal dynamics of the fever, thrombocytopenia and leukocytopenia syndrome virus (FTLSV) in China 
Huang X, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8(10): e3237.

Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes 
Neafsey DE, et al. Science, Nov 27, 2014.

Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics 
Fontaine MC, et al. Science, Nov 27, 2014.

Comment:

Team sequences mosquito genomes to better understand malaria parasite transmission 
GenomeWeb, Dec 1, 2014.

Whole-genome scans provide evidence of adaptive evolution in Malawian Plasmodium falciparum isolates 
Ocholla H, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(12): 1991-2000.