Heterogeneity is ubiquitous in real-world host populations, yet most theories assume homogeneity. Using a metapopulation model, we examine how host heterogeneities, such as uneven movement patterns ...

The leading cause of acute gastroenteritis linked to eating raw seafood disarms a key host defense system in a novel way: It paralyzes a cell's skeleton, or cytoskeleton. That finding, from UT ...

Fungal extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-bound structures that have emerged as critical mediators in the complex interplay between fungal pathogens and their hosts. These vesicles, which carry ...

One year ago, the PHG Foundation report, Host genomics: lessons for infectious diseases, highlighted the promise of host ...

As a result of climate change, a multitude of abiotic and biotic stresses are emerging, and their combination, known as ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. The study of emerging and zoonotic viral diseases represents a critical area in infectious disease research, with implications for human, animal, and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that causes the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is deadly in part because of ...