Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease

This collection of essays, perspectives, and reviews from six PLoS Journals provides insights into how genomics can revolutionize our understanding of emerging infectious disease.

Collection Editor: Jonathan A. Eisen, PhD, is a Professor at the University of California, Davis, in Davis, California. His laboratory is in the UC Davis Genome Center, and he holds appointments in the Section of Evolution and Ecology and the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

Staff Editor: Catriona J. MacCallum; Developmental Editor: Carol Featherstone, PhD (Freelance Science Editor and Writer); Copy Editor: Maggie Brown.

Downloads: Audio interview (22 minutes; 10 MB MP3) with Jonathan Eisen, Siv Andersson, and Raj Gupta, led by Kirsten Sanford; Complete collection (6.7 MB PDF).

Produced with support from Google.org. The PLoS Journal editors have sole responsibility for the content of this collection.

Image Credit: Illustration by Pat Margis (PLoS) of a double helix with superimposed images from articles in this collection. Top: a human helminth (Strongyloides stercoralis) from Brindley et al., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3(10) e538. Center: a schematic representation of an influenza A virion from McHardy et al., PLoS Pathog 5(10) e1000566. Bottom: the bacterium Helicobacter pylori from Dorer et al., PLoS Pathog 5(10) e1000544.

 

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