Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters

Adrianus C. M. Boon, Tamarand L. Darling, Peter J. Halfmann, John Franks, Richard J. Webby, Dan H. Barouch, Julia R. Port, Vincent J. Munster, Michael S. Diamond, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

PLOS Pathogens: published December 2, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010970

Bacterial filamentation during urinary tract infections

Charlotte Abell-King, Ariana Costas, Iain G. Duggin, Bill Söderström

PLOS Pathogens: published December 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010950

Ploidy changes in human fungal pathogens: Going beyond sexual reproduction

Han Du, Qiushi Zheng, Richard J. Bennett, Guanghua Huang

PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010954

Non-enveloped virus membrane penetration: New advances leading to new insights

Madison L. Pletan, Billy Tsai

PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010948

Molecular mechanisms of insect immune memory and pathogen transmission

Fabio M. Gomes, Melissa Silva, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas-Mury

PLOS Pathogens: published December 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010939

Respiratory viruses and the inflammasome: The double-edged sword of inflammation

Kody A. Waldstein, Steven M. Varga

PLOS Pathogens: published December 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011014

Epitranscriptomics in parasitic protists: Role of RNA chemical modifications in posttranscriptional gene regulation

Cassandra Catacalos, Alexander Krohannon, Sahiti Somalraju, Kate D. Meyer, Sarath Chandra Janga, Kausik Chakrabarti

PLOS Pathogens: published December 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010972

Down the membrane hole: Ion channels in protozoan parasites

Veronica Jimenez, Sebastian Mesones

PLOS Pathogens: published December 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011004

The E46K mutation modulates α-synuclein prion replication in transgenic mice

Sara A. M. Holec, Jisoo Lee, Abby Oehler, Lyn Batia, Aryanna Wiggins-Gamble, Jeffrey Lau, Felicia K. Ooi, Gregory E. Merz, Man Wang, Daniel A. Mordes, Steven H. Olson, Amanda L. Woerman

PLOS Pathogens: published December 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010956

YAP inhibits HCMV replication by impairing STING-mediated nuclear transport of the viral genome

Ju Hyun Lee, Mookwang Kwon, Woo Young Lim, Chae Rin Yoo, Youngik Yoon, Dasol Han, Jin-Hyun Ahn, Keejung Yoon

PLOS Pathogens: published December 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011007

Targeting Nup358/RanBP2 by a viral protein disrupts stress granule formation

Jibin Sadasivan, Marli Vlok, Xinying Wang, Arabinda Nayak, Raul Andino, Eric Jan

PLOS Pathogens: published December 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010598

tRNA modification enzyme MiaB connects environmental cues to activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system

Qiqi Lin, Jiahui Huang, Zhiqing Liu, Qunyi Chen, Xinbo Wang, Guohui Yu, Ping Cheng, Lian-Hui Zhang, Zeling Xu

PLOS Pathogens: published December 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011027

The Salmonella T3SS1 effector IpaJ is regulated by ItrA and inhibits the MAPK signaling pathway

Chao Yin, Jiaojie Gu, Dan Gu, Zhenyu Wang, Ruoyun Ji, Xinan Jiao, Qiuchun Li

PLOS Pathogens: published December 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011005

Toxoplasma gondii virulence factor ROP1 reduces parasite susceptibility to murine and human innate immune restriction

Simon Butterworth, Francesca Torelli, Eloise J. Lockyer, Jeanette Wagener, Ok-Ryul Song, Malgorzata Broncel, Matt R. G. Russell, Aline Cristina A. Moreira-Souza, Joanna C. Young, Moritz Treeck

PLOS Pathogens: published December 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011021

SNARE protein USE1 is involved in the glycosylation and the expression of mumps virus fusion protein and important for viral propagation

Yaqing Liu, Hiroshi Katoh, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Chaewon Bae, Aika Wakata, Fumihiro Kato, Masafumi Sakata, Toshiyuki Yamaji, Zhiyu Wang, Makoto Takeda

PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010949

Effects of chronic exposure to arsenic on the fecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli among people in rural Bangladesh

Mohammed Badrul Amin, Prabhat Kumar Talukdar, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Subarna Roy, Brandon M. Flatgard, Md. Rayhanul Islam, Sumita Rani Saha, Yushuf Sharker, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, Tala Navab-Daneshmand, Molly L. Kile, Karen Levy, Timothy R. Julian, Mohammad Aminul Islam

PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010952

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Quentin Nevers, Nathalie Scrima, Damien Glon, Romain Le Bars, Alice Decombe, Nathalie Garnier, Malika Ouldali, Cécile Lagaudrière-Gesbert, Danielle Blondel, Aurélie Albertini, Yves Gaudin

PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011022

The rice blast fungus SR protein 1 regulates alternative splicing with unique mechanisms

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PLOS Pathogens: published December 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011036

Cardiovirus leader proteins retarget RSK kinases toward alternative substrates to perturb nucleocytoplasmic traffic

Belén Lizcano-Perret, Cécile Lardinois, Fanny Wavreil, Philippe Hauchamps, Gaëtan Herinckx, Frédéric Sorgeloos, Didier Vertommen, Laurent Gatto, Thomas Michiels

PLOS Pathogens: published December 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011042

A broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody overcomes the mutational landscape of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Hilal Ahmad Parray, Naveen Narayanan, Sonal Garg, Zaigham Abbas Rizvi, Tripti Shrivastava, Sachin Kushwaha, Janmejay Singh, Praveenkumar Murugavelu, Anbalagan Anantharaj, Farha Mehdi, Nisha Raj, Shivam Singh, Jyotsna Dandotiya, Asha Lukose, Deepti Jamwal, Sandeep Kumar, Adarsh K. Chiranjivi, Samridhi Dhyani, Nitesh Mishra, Sanjeev Kumar, Kamini Jakhar, Sudipta Sonar, Anil Kumar Panchal, Manas Ranjan Tripathy, Shirlie Roy Chowdhury, Shubbir Ahmed, Sweety Samal, Shailendra Mani, Sankar Bhattacharyya, Supratik Das, Subrata Sinha, Kalpana Luthra, Gaurav Batra, Devinder Sehgal, Guruprasad R. Medigeshi, Chandresh Sharma, Amit Awasthi, Pramod Kumar Garg, Deepak T. Nair, Rajesh Kumar

PLOS Pathogens: published December 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010994

Genome wide CRISPR screen for Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) binding proteins reveals LDL Receptor Related Protein 1 (LRP1) as crucial cellular receptor

Julian Schoellkopf, Thomas Mueller, Lena Hippchen, Teresa Mueller, Raphael Reuten, Rolf Backofen, Joachim Orth, Gudula Schmidt

PLOS Pathogens: published December 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010781

A Role for Early-Phase Transmission in the Enzootic Maintenance of Plague

Cedar L. Mitchell, Ashley R. Schwarzer, Adélaïde Miarinjara, Clayton O. Jarrett, Angela D. Luis, B. Joseph Hinnebusch

PLOS Pathogens: published December 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010996

Mechanisms for the circulation of influenza A(H3N2) in China: A spatiotemporal modelling study

Bing Zhang, Weijuan Huang, Sen Pei, Jinfeng Zeng, Wei Shen, Daoze Wang, Gang Wang, Tao Chen, Lei Yang, Peiwen Cheng, Dayan Wang, Yuelong Shu, Xiangjun Du

PLOS Pathogens: published December 16, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011046

Adaptation to HLA-associated immune pressure over the course of HIV infection and in circulating HIV-1 strains

Eric Alves, Marwah Al-Kaabi, Niamh M. Keane, Shay Leary, Coral-Ann M. Almeida, Pooja Deshpande, Jennifer Currenti, Abha Chopra, Rita Smith, Alison Castley, Simon Mallal, Spyros A. Kalams, Silvana Gaudieri, Mina John

PLOS Pathogens: published December 16, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010965

Nsp1 proteins of human coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV2 inhibit stress granule formation

Stacia M. Dolliver, Mariel Kleer, Maxwell P. Bui-Marinos, Shan Ying, Jennifer A. Corcoran, Denys A. Khaperskyy

PLOS Pathogens: published December 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011041

Antibody epitope profiling of the KSHV LANA protein using VirScan

Sydney J. Bennett, Dicle Yalcin, Sara R. Privatt, Owen Ngalamika, Salum J. Lidenge, John T. West, Charles Wood

PLOS Pathogens: published December 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011033

Comprehensive characterization of toxins during progression of inhalation anthrax in a non-human primate model

Anne E. Boyer, Maribel Gallegos-Candela, Renato C. Lins, Maria I. Solano, Adrian R. Woolfitt, John S. Lee, Daniel C. Sanford, Katherine A. B. Knostman, Conrad P. Quinn, Alex R. Hoffmaster, James L. Pirkle, John R. Barr

PLOS Pathogens: published December 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010735

Inhibition of mitosomal alternative oxidase causes lifecycle arrest of early-stage Trachipleistophora hominis meronts during intracellular infection of mammalian cells

Kacper M. Sendra, Andrew K. Watson, Ekaterina Kozhevnikova, Anthony L. Moore, T. Martin Embley, Robert P. Hirt

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011024

Resolving drug selection and migration in an inbred South American Plasmodium falciparum population with identity-by-descent analysis

Manuela Carrasquilla, Angela M. Early, Aimee R. Taylor, Angélica Knudson Ospina, Diego F. Echeverry, Timothy J. C. Anderson, Elvira Mancilla, Samanda Aponte, Pablo Cárdenas, Caroline O. Buckee, Julian C. Rayner, Fabián E. Sáenz, Daniel E. Neafsey, Vladimir Corredor

PLOS Pathogens: published December 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010993

Transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia felis sca1 confers a distinct phenotype during flea infection

Hanna J. Laukaitis, Triston T. Cooper, Chanakan Suwanbongkot, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Timothy J. Kurtti, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Kevin R. Macaluso

PLOS Pathogens: published December 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011045

A multiomics analysis of direct interkingdom dynamics between influenza A virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae uncovers host-independent changes to bacterial virulence fitness

Maryann P. Platt, Yi-Han Lin, Trevor Penix, Rosana Wiscovitch-Russo, Isha Vashee, Chris A. Mares, Jason W. Rosch, Yanbao Yu, Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe

PLOS Pathogens: published December 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011020

Ubiquitin variants potently inhibit SARS-CoV-2 PLpro and viral replication via a novel site distal to the protease active site

Vera J. E. van Vliet, Nhan Huynh, Judith Palà, Ankoor Patel, Alex Singer, Cole Slater, Jacky Chung, Mariska van Huizen, Joan Teyra, Shane Miersch, Gia-Khanh Luu, Wei Ye, Nitin Sharma, Safder S. Ganaie, Raquel Russell, Chao Chen, Mindy Maynard, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Brian L. Mark, Marjolein Kikkert, Sachdev S. Sidhu

PLOS Pathogens: published December 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011065

Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein complements a Potato spindle tuber viroid RNA mutant impaired for mesophyll entry but not mutants unable to enter the phloem

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PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011062

Merkel cell polyomavirus small T antigen is a viral transcription activator that is essential for viral genome maintenance

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Identification of β2 microglobulin, the product of B2M gene, as a Host Factor for Vaccinia Virus Infection by Genome-Wide CRISPR genetic screens

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The fungal expel of 5-fluorocytosine derived fluoropyrimidines mitigates its antifungal activity and generates a cytotoxic environment

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