Rameix-Welti et al. suggest that careful monitoring of neuraminidase will reveal why some populations have developed natural resistance to oseltamivir, the antiviral drug commonly employed for influenza A and B.
Ren et al. identify the first potential microorganism for paratransgenesis of Anopheles gambiae: An. gambiae densovirus (AgDNV), which could be used as part of a malaria control strategy.
Nelson et al. conduct a phylogenetic analysis of more than 300 influenza A viruses, revealing that multiple phenotypically and antigenically distinct viral lineages co-circulated during the 2006-2007 epidemic season.
Maresso et al. report that the causative agent of anthrax disease, Bacillus anthracis, produces two proteins, IsdX1 and IsdX2, which act to acquire iron complexed to heme, a co-factor of host hemoproteins such as hemoglobin.
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