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Risky business: oropharyngeal bacteria linked to risk for invasive fungal infection

The mobile genetic element RD2 affects colonization potential of different GAS serotypes

Host Chromatin Regulators Required for <em>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</em> Cytolethal Distending Toxin Activity in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> Model

Comparative Pathogenomics of <em>Escherichia coli</em>: Polyvalent Vaccine Target Identification Through Virulome Analysis

A Dynamic, Ring-Forming Bactofilin Critical for Maintaining Cell Size in the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>

ToxR mediates the antivirulence activity of phenyl-arginine-β-naphthylamide to attenuate <em>Vibrio cholerae</em> virulence

Cage environment regulates gut microbiota independent of toll-like receptors

Th17 cells provide mucosal protection against gastric <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> infection

CRISPR Interference to Inducibly Repress Gene Expression in <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>

Inclusion membrane growth and composition is altered by overexpression of specific Incs in <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em> L2

Preclinical characterization of immunogenicity and efficacy against diarrhea from MecVax, a multivalent enterotoxigenic <em>E. coli</em> vaccine candidate

Type VI secretion system and its effectors PdpC, PdpD and OpiA contribute to <em>Francisella</em> virulence in <em>Galleria mellonella</em> larvae

The first immunocompetent mouse models of strictly human pathogen, <em>Borrelia recurrentis</em>

Beyond homeostasis: potassium and pathogenesis during bacterial infections

<em>Leishmania donovani</em> metacyclic promastigotes impair phagosome properties in inflammatory monocytes

Aim2 and Nlrp3 Are Dispensable For Vaccine-Induced Immunity Against <em>Francisella tularensis</em> Live Vaccine Strain

Dynamic pneumococcal genetic adaptations support bacterial growth and inflammation during coinfection with influenza

The diadenylate cyclase, CdaA, is critical for <em>Borrelia turicatae</em> virulence and physiology

The RD2 pathogenicity island modifies the disease potential of the group A <em>Streptococcus</em>

<em>Leishmania donovani</em> targets host transcription factor NRF2 to activate anti-oxidant enzyme HO-1 and transcriptional repressor ATF3 for establishing infection

Neonatal enteropathogenic <em>Escherichia coli</em> infection disrupts microbiota-gut-brain axis signaling

Influenza infection impairs the gut's barrier properties and favors secondary enteric bacterial infection through reduced production of short-chain fatty acids

The Rcs stress response system regulator GumB modulates <em>Serratia marcescens</em> induced inflammation and bacterial proliferation in a rabbit keratitis model and cytotoxicity <em>in vitro</em>

Sulfate import in <em>Salmonella</em> Typhimurium impacts bacterial aggregation and the respiratory burst in human neutrophils

Intracellular passage triggers a molecular response in <em>Brucella abortus</em> that increases its infectiousness

The small molecule H89 inhibits <em>Chlamydia</em> inclusion growth and production of infectious progeny

FBPAII and rpoBC, the Two Novel Secreted Proteins Identified by the Proteomic Approach from a Comparative Study between Antibiotic-sensitive and Antibiotic-resistant <em>Helicobacter pylori</em>-associated Gastritis Strains

Sialic acid protects nontypeable <em>Haemophilus influenzae</em> from natural IgM and promotes survival in murine respiratory tract

Pharyngeal microbial signatures are predictive of the risk of fungal pneumonia in hematologic patients

Combination Adjuvants Affect the Magnitude of Effector-Like Memory CD8 T Cells and Protection against Listeriosis

Human corneal epithelial cells internalize <em>Aspergillus flavus</em> spores by actin mediated endocytosis

Roles of OmpX, an outer membrane protein on virulence and flagellar expression in uropathogenic <em>Escherichia coli</em>

<em>Brucella ovis</em> cysteine biosynthesis contributes to peroxide stress survival and fitness in the intracellular niche

Lymphotoxinβ receptor: A crucial role in innate and adaptive immune responses against <em>Toxoplasma g</em> <em>ondii</em>

Polymorphonuclear Myeloid-Derived Cells that Contribute to the Immune Paralysis Are Generated in the Early Phase of Sepsis via the PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway

Does Antibody Avidity to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> Merozoite Antigens increase with Age in Individuals living in Malaria-Endemic Areas?

Increased pulmonary pneumococcal clearance after resolution of H9N2 avian influenza virus infection in mice

IFN-γ^-/- mice resist <em>Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae</em> infection by promoting early lung IL-18 release and PMN-I accumulation

<em>Ostertagia ostertagi</em> mediates early host immune responses via macrophage and Toll like receptor pathways

Host genome wide association study of infant susceptibility to <em>Shigella</em>-associated diarrhea

Broadly Reactive Human Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting the Pneumococcal Histidine Triad Protein Protect against Fatal Pneumococcal Infection

<em>In Vivo</em> and <em>In Vitro</em> Impairments in T Helper Cell and Neutrophil Responses against <em>Mucor irregularis</em> in <em>Card9</em> Knockout Mice

Loss of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) Signaling Promotes IL-22-Dependent Host Defenses against Acute Clostridioides difficile Infection

mRNA Transcriptome Analysis of Bone in a Mouse Model of Implant-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis

Listeria monocytogenes MenI Encodes a DHNA-CoA Thioesterase Necessary for Menaquinone Biosynthesis, Cytosolic Survival, and Virulence

Differential Outcome between BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice after Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection Is Associated with a Dissimilar Tolerance Mechanism

Staphylococcus aureus Tet38 Efflux Pump Structural Modeling and Roles of Essential Residues in Drug Efflux and Host Cell Internalization

The KbvR Regulator Contributes to Capsule Production, Outer Membrane Protein Biosynthesis, Antiphagocytosis, and Virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Response of Leucine-Rich Repeat Domain-Containing Protein in Haemaphysalis longicornis to Babesia microti Infection and Its Ligand Identification

Inhibition of the Classical Pathway of Complement Activation Impairs Bacterial Clearance during Enterococcus faecalis Infection