Bacterial Pathogens and Virulence Factor Genes: Diversity and Evolution

Renmao “Tim” Tian, Qun Gao, Xuanyu Tao, Xiangyu Fan

Frontiers Media SA

The landscape of infectious diseases is continuously reshaped by the emergence and evolution of...

Science Microbiology Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: bacterial pathogens,­Virulence Factors,­antibiotic resistance,­Host-Pathogen Interactions,­Bacterial Pathogenesis

Recent advances in Campylobacter research

Stuart A. Thompson, Ozan Gundogdu, Nicolae Corcionivoschi

Frontiers Media SA

The genus Campylobacter contains a number of important pathogens, both of humans and of...

Science Microbiology Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: Campylobacter,­Pathogenesis,­Infection,­Gastroenteritis,­gene regulation,­Inflammation,­Biofilm,­Food Chain

Tuberculosis diagnosis, drug resistance, and drug target discovery

Robert Jansen, Xueqiong Wu, Lin Fan, Ranjan Nanda, Raquel Villar-Hernández

Frontiers Media SA

Tuberculosis (TB) threatens global public health and remains one of the major infectious diseases...

Science Microbiology Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: Tuberculosis,­diagnosis,­M. tuberculosis,­Drug Resistance,­Drug susceptibility test,­Drug target discovery

Immunotherapies Against Infectious Diseases

Saba Tufail, Mohammad Asif Sherwani, Najmul Islam

Frontiers Media SA

Infectious diseases have jeopardized human health significantly as evidenced by the ongoing...

Health Medicine Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: Immunotherapy,­preventative vaccine,­Therapeutic vaccine,­infectious diseases,­delivery system,­intracellular pathogens,­adjuvants,­humoral immunity,­Cellular immunity,­mAb based therapy,­T cell based therapy,­Cytokines,­Checkpoint inhibitors

Mobile DNA Element-Driven Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens

Axel Cloeckaert, Michel Stanislas Zygmunt, Filipa F. Vale, Eric Altermann

Frontiers Media SA

Mobile DNA elements, such as Insertion Sequence (IS) elements, transposons, integrative elements...

Science Microbiology Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: insertion sequence,­Bacterial pathogen,­genome evolution,­chromosome,­Plasmid,­antimicrobial resistance,­Virulence,­adaptation,­regulation,­Mobile DNA,­Transposon,­Genomic island,­prophage

Reviews in Microbial Pathogenesis

Axel Cloeckaert, Daniel Pletzer, Svetlana Khaiboullina

Frontiers Media SA

The current research topic aims to publish high-quality scholarly review papers on key topics in...

Science Microbiology Infectious Agents and Disease

Keywords: Microbiology,­review,­Infectious Disease,­pathogens,­Microbial Pathogenesis,­Virulence