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PLoS Pathogens' Pearls

PLoS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, edited by Dr. Hiten Madhani, is a living collection of short educational and highly useful articles that address topics of relevance and importance within the wide-ranging field of pathogens research, with insights tailored to graduate students and post-docs.

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“Pearls”: A New Type of Open-Access Educational Resource

Hiten D. Madhani, Kasturi Haldar, Grant McFadden

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 26 Jun 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000499

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Virus and Host Determinants of West Nile Virus Pathogenesis

Michael S. Diamond

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 26 Jun 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000452

Anatomy of Viral Persistence

Michael B. A. Oldstone

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 31 Jul 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000523

Hsp90 Orchestrates Stress Response Signaling Governing Fungal Drug Resistance

Leah E. Cowen

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 28 Aug 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000471

Five Questions about Microsporidia

Patrick Keeling

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 25 Sep 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000489

Advances in Parasite Genomics: From Sequences to Regulatory Networks

Elizabeth A. Winzeler

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 30 Oct 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000649

The Photobiology of Microbial Pathogenesis

Alexander Idnurm, Sean Crosson

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 26 Nov 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000470

The Inflammasomes

Mohamed Lamkanfi, Vishva M. Dixit

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 24 Dec 2009 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000510

The Deadly Chytrid Fungus: A Story of an Emerging Pathogen

Erica Bree Rosenblum, Jamie Voyles, Thomas J. Poorten, Jason E. Stajich

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 29 Jan 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000550

Five Questions about Viruses and MicroRNAs

Bryan R. Cullen

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 26 Feb 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000787

Expansion, Maintenance, and Memory in NK and T Cells during Viral Infections: Responding to Pressures for Defense and Regulation

Christine A. Biron

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 26 Mar 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000816

Innate Recognition of Fungal Cell Walls

Stuart M. Levitz

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 22 Apr 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000758

Candida albicans Interactions with Bacteria in the Context of Human Health and Disease

Diana K. Morales, Deborah A. Hogan

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 29 Apr 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000886

The Microbiota and Allergies/Asthma

Gary B. Huffnagle

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 27 May 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000549

Entry and Fusion of Emerging Paramyxoviruses

Rebecca Ellis Dutch

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 24 Jun 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000881

Paramyxovirus Entry and Targeted Vectors for Cancer Therapy

Roberto Cattaneo

PLoS Pathogens:
Published 24 Jun 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000973

RNA Virus Replication Complexes

Yizhi Jane Tao, Qiaozhen Ye

PLoS Pathogens: published 22 Jul 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000943

The Role of Chemokines during Viral Infection of the CNS

Martin P. Hosking, Thomas E. Lane

PLoS Pathogens: published 29 Jul 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000937

The Battle for Iron between Bacterial Pathogens and Their Vertebrate Hosts

Eric P. Skaar

PLoS Pathogens: published 12 Aug 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000949

Norovirus Gastroenteritis, Carbohydrate Receptors, and Animal Models

Ming Tan, Xi Jiang

PLoS Pathogens: published 26 Aug 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000983