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Summaries of selected papers by CIDD researchers.

 Title   Type 
Malaria parasites can become more virulent in vaccinated hosts Synopsis or news article
Viruses sometimes save their hosts, rather than killing them Synopsis or news article
Study links rainfall to post-infectious hydrocephalus in East Africa Synopsis or news article
Immune-mediated dynamics of chronic bacterial-helminth co-infections Synopsis or news article
Factors driving the emergence of Hendra virus in Australia Synopsis or news article
Using what you have: A low-cost method for assessing the epidemiological importance of individuals Synopsis or news article
Identification of microbial communities using meta-transcriptomics Synopsis or news article
Virus-host interactions influence vector behavior Synopsis or news article
Watching and learning and deciding: Surveillance considerations for malaria elimination Synopsis or news article
The dangers of pollination and how plants practice “safe sex” Synopsis or news article
Movement of avian influenza virus among bird migration routes in North America Synopsis or news article
Cultivating Our “Frienemies”: Viewing Immunity as Microbiome Management Synopsis or news article
Comparative genomics of the classical Bordetella subspecies Synopsis or news article
Scientists make strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West Synopsis or news article
Climate changes influence free-living stages of soil-transmitted parasites of European rabbits Synopsis or news article
Acellular pertussis vaccination enhances B. parapertussis colonization Synopsis or news article
Avian influenza virus evolves rapidly in wild birds Synopsis or news article
Bacterial wilt and herbivory Synopsis or news article
Better estimates of R0, a critical disease dynamics parameter Synopsis or news article
Big cat eats human… and acquires new pathogen? Synopsis or news article
Birth rates and vaccination affect the timing of rotavirus epidemics Synopsis or news article
CD11b's role in response to bacterial infection Synopsis or news article
The study of climate change and its impact on disease Synopsis or news article
Climate change and fungal disease in amphibians Synopsis or news article
Dengue transmission is greater with moderate daily temperature changes Synopsis or news article
Commuting patterns and influenza epidemics Synopsis or news article
Considerations for measles control in Africa Synopsis or news article
Controlling foot-and-mouth disease by vaccination Synopsis or news article
Daily temperature fluctuations affect malaria transmission potential Synopsis or news article
Dengue evolution: viral diversity in the Americas Synopsis or news article
Dengue viral diversity affected by prevalence of "competing" serotypes? Synopsis or news article
Considering drug resistance in aggressive treatment strategies Synopsis or news article
Effects of parasite communities on willow ptarmigan population dynamics Synopsis or news article
Evolution and emergence of Bordetella in humans Synopsis or news article
How whooping cough evades the immune system to infect vaccinated hosts Synopsis or news article
How whooping cough evades the immune system to infect vaccinated hosts Synopsis or news article
How yellow fever got to the Americas Synopsis or news article
Human migrations not traceable by JC Virus after all Synopsis or news article
Hyperparasitic dengue viruses? Synopsis or news article
Influenza A virus: history of reassortment Synopsis or news article
High rate of influenza virus introductions drive disease dynamics on a college campus Synopsis or news article
Influenza evolution and epidemic dynamics Synopsis or news article
Influenza evolution: the importance of chance processes Synopsis or news article
Interferon limits spatial spread of viral infections Synopsis or news article
Leeches may transmit pathogen to amphibians Synopsis or news article
Malaria transmission intensity strongly correlates with daily temperature fluctuations Synopsis or news article
Predicting the unpredictable: measles outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa Synopsis or news article
Mechanisms underlying immunity to whooping cough Synopsis or news article
Mice need gamma interferon to clear bacterial lung infection Synopsis or news article
New metagenomic analysis method could aid pathogen ID Synopsis or news article
Parasites and climate change Synopsis or news article
Parasites and ecosystem health Synopsis or news article
Zombie ants controlled by parasitic fungal infection Synopsis or news article
Pathogens may influence hibernation patterns Synopsis or news article
Pathogens worm their way in Synopsis or news article
Pollen that can increase the risk of fungal infection Synopsis or news article
Rapid evolution in a DNA virus Synopsis or news article
Rapid rise of antiviral resistance in influenza not caused by drug selection pressure Synopsis or news article
Recombination helps virus jump species? Synopsis or news article
Removing deer can increase risk of tick-borne disease Synopsis or news article
Shorter TB treatment could cut deaths Synopsis or news article
High school social contact network sheds light on disease transmission Synopsis or news article
Social contact structure affects vaccination effectiveness Synopsis or news article
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Targeted insecticides could reduce malaria Synopsis or news article
Testosterone increases parasite intensities in red grouse Synopsis or news article
Tropical reservoir for human influenza? Synopsis or news article
Understanding within-host dynamics opens new strategies for control Synopsis or news article
Variable temperatures increase amphibian disease risk Synopsis or news article
Virus confers competitive advantage on infected bacteria Synopsis or news article
Whole-genome analysis sheds light on influenza virus evolution Synopsis or news article
Vaccines against whooping cough and transmission to the infant population Synopsis or news article
Why biological diversity may be good for your health Synopsis or news article
Why West Nile virus kills so many crows Synopsis or news article
Worms make rabbits peaky Synopsis or news article
The immuno-dynamics of co-infections Synopsis or news article
User preferences for Malaria vector control in Mozambique Synopsis or news article
Yellowstone Wolf Kickstarter Going Strong! Synopsis or news article
Scientists use Twitter to assess vaccine sentiments and the impact on outbreak risk Synopsis or news article
Jump-starting host evolution: Recent integration of a retrovirus into the mule deer genome Synopsis or news article
Monkeys in the middle: Parasite transmission through primate social networks Synopsis or news article
Yellowstone Wolf: Project Citizen Science Synopsis or news article
Studying malaria transmission dynamics using both intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors Synopsis or news article
Within-host control of malaria dynamics Synopsis or news article
Vector attraction and host exposure mediated by pathogen effects on plant volatiles Synopsis or news article
Optimizing Wolbachia infection into insect germline tissue Synopsis or news article
Public health messages can influence infectious disease stigmas Synopsis or news article
A single virus gene turns gypsy moths into zombies Synopsis or news article
Plasmodium berghei infection is enhanced by a Wolbachia strain in mosquitoes Synopsis or news article
New methods for studying the side effects of Hepatitis C treatment in the lab Synopsis or news article
HIV stigmatization in Namibia and how it connects to social networks Synopsis or news article
Satellite images shed light on measles transmission Synopsis or news article
Genetic resistance to a usually lethal viral infection is found in a wild relative of tomato Synopsis or news article
Reduction in measles mortality falls short of goal Synopsis or news article
Considering the connections in infectious disease spread Synopsis or news article
Who infected whom: Inferring transmission between hosts from the virus variation within them Synopsis or news article
Interleukin-6 plays an important role in immunity against Bordetella pertussis infection Synopsis or news article
Growth kinetics and virulence in entomopathogenic fungi Synopsis or news article
Yellowstone wolf reintroduction and infectious disease dynamics Synopsis or news article
Penn State scientists uncover how people think of HPV Synopsis or news article
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