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Virulence
Volume 1, Issue 1
January/February 2010
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Editor's Corner

On Virulence

Arturo Casadevall and Liise-Anne Pirofski

Virulence: A new multi-disciplinary journal

 Eleftherios Mylonakis and Eva Maria Riedmann

Research Papers

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 infection drives spontaneous proliferation of natural killer cells

 Philip J. Norris, Dale F. Hirschkorn, Deborah A. DeVita, Tzong-Hae Lee and Edward L. Murphy

Prolonged infection by Fonsecaea pedrosoi after antigenic co-stimulation at different sites in experimental murine chromoblastomycosis

 Alexandre P. Machado, Maria R. R. Silva and Olga Fischman

Review

Pathogen-pathogen interaction: A syndemic model of complex biosocial processes in disease

 Merrill Singer

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Call for Papers

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Editor-in-Chief

Eleftherios Mylonakis MD, PhD, FIDSA
Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School

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Print ISSN: 2150-5594
Online ISSN: 2150-5608 DOI: 10.4161/viru

Volume 1, Issue 2

Click here to see the Table of Contents for Volume 1, Issue 2 of Virulence, which includes the following original research papers:

The use of nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles as a treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii in wound infections
Mircea Radu Mihu, Uriel Sandkovsky, George Han, Joel M. Friedman, Joshua D. Nosanchuk and Luis R. Martinez

Frequent HIV testing among participants of a routine HIV testing program
Hazel Williams-Roberts, Yuchiao Chang, Elena Losina, Kenneth A. Freedberg and Rochelle P. Walensky

Role of luxS in Bacillus anthracis growth and virulence factor expression
Marcus B. Jones, Scott N. Peterson, Rosslyn Benn, John C. Braisted, Behnam Jarrahi, Kenneth Shatzkes, Dacheng Ren, Thomas K. Wood and Martin J. Blaser

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About Virulence

In January of 2010 we are launching Virulence, the first international peer-reviewed journal of its kind to focus exclusively on microbial pathogenicity, the infection process and host-pathogen interactions. This new journal is both timely and important. In order to address the new infectious challenges, emerging infectious agents and antimicrobial resistance, there is a clear need for interdisciplinary research and a publication that brings together scientists and clinical researchers that work on the 'pathogen', the 'host' or the 'antimicrobial agents'.

Virulence will be a multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to bringing together basic, translational and clinical research on all aspects of host-pathogen interactions.

Journal topics will include:

  • Microbial pathogenicity–viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
  • Molecular and biological function of established and novel virulence factors
  • Identification, development and study of antimicrobial agents
  • Host-pathogen and pathogen-pathogen interactions
  • Host response to infection and immune responses to inhibitors, toxins, and other virulence factors
  • Mammalian, other vertebrate as well as invertebrate model organisms and hosts
  • Clinical trials evaluating all aspects of the infection process
  • Research on bio-terrorism agents
  • Vaccine development and evaluation
  • Diagnosis of infectious dieases
  • Infections in resource-limited settings
  • HIV/AIDS

 

Virulence will publish four general types of papers, 1) Original Research, 2) Reviews 3) Protocols, 4) Addenda. Original Research papers will cover important topics related to all aspects of virulence. Reviews will take several forms and will generally be invited. Protocols will give experts in the field the opportunity to describe how they performed some of their most powerful experiments. Addenda on any aspect of host-pathogen interactions will be welcome.

Initially, we will publish bimonthly, incrementally increasing the frequency to 12 issues over several years. Each issue will appear in print and online. Submissions and peer-review will be rapid and handled online. The average time from submission to final decision (acceptance or rejection) for the current Landes Bioscience journals is one month. Once accepted, a paper is published online within three weeks.

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