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Original Research

Published on 20 Jun 2025

Microbial and clinical disparities in pneumonia: insights from metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with community-acquired and severe pneumonia

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Wang Luo
Shuhua Zhang
Jinhuan Sun
Jianhui Xu
Weihua Huang
Ruiqing Hao
Zhao Ou
Ziyang Wen
Daiwei Wang
Guanhua Xiao

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1538109

3,490 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Jun 2025

Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination on hospital surfaces: a multi-year environmental monitoring study in Shanghai, China

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Xing Zhang
Liang Tian
Jiaying Wu
Taiyao Chen
Tingting Shi
Yilin Ge
Renyi Zhu
Jian Chen

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1609148

2,323 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Jun 2025

Impact of sample multiplexing on detection of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in pig microbiomes using long-read sequencing

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Mirena Ivanova
Frank M. Aarestrup
Saria Otani

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1597804

3,110 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Jun 2025

sdrH enhances Staphylococcus aureus infection in diabetic wounds

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Kaiyu Nie
Kaiyu Wang
Yin Wen
Jinmei Peng
Shijie Tang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1502428

2,812 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 19 Jun 2025

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage before breast reconstruction: antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and virulence genes—a single center in vitro observation

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Sylwia Jarzynka
Anna Koryszewska-Bagińska
Tomasz Nowikiewicz
Anna Szczepańska
Gabriela Olędzka
Maria Szymankiewicz

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1610739

2,866 views

Review

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Beyond survival to domination: Brucella’s multilayered strategies for evading host immune responses

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Zhimeng Wei
Shuai Zhang
Xingya Wang
Jie Bai
Hui Wang
Yuanchao Yang
Jingbo Zhai

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1608617

7,278 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

In vivo profiling of the PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals diverse contributions to virulence

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Benjamin Koleske
Jessica Shen
Manish Gupta
William R. Bishai

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1634229

2,943 views
3 citations

Editorial

Published on 17 Jun 2025

Editorial: Herpesvirus: transmission, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interaction, and treatment

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Tejabhiram Yadavalli
Sita Awasthi
Jinlin Li

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1637344

1,783 views

Systematic Review

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates exhibit a molecular clock rate below 1 SNP per genome per year

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Jun-Li Wang
Ya-Li Chen
Cui-Ping Guan
Kan Yu
Mao-Shui Wang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1591792

2,649 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabia: genomic evidence of recent clonal expansion and plasmid-driven resistance dissemination

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Ahmed Yousef Alhejaili
Ge Zhou
Heba Halawa
Jiayi Huang
Omniya Fallatah
Raneem Hirayban
Sara Iftikhar
Abrar AlAsmari
Mathew Milner
Manuel Banzhaf

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1602985

5,477 views
5 citations

Review

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Viral infection and thyroid disorders: a narrative review

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Yitian Li
Weiyang Li

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1625179

9,366 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 12 Jun 2025

The genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pluranimalium from aborted bovine fetuses in British Columbia, Canada

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Marcus Yee
Michael J. Trimble
Kazal Ghosh
Giselle Hughes
Daniel Knowles
Jun Duan
Stephen Raverty
Glenna McGregor
William W. L. Hsiao

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1603770

2,519 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Jun 2025

The diagnostic value of two antigenic domains derived from the Trypanosoma cruzi Tc323 protein in chronic Chagas disease: a study in Brazil

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Micaela S. Ossowski
Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva
Emily Ferreira Santos
Leonardo Maia Leony
Fred Luciano Neves Santos
Karina A. Gómez

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1605755

2,293 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Jun 2025

Brucellosis in cattle and buffalo in southern Italian provinces: trends in presence of territory-specific One Health measures

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Alessandra Mazzeo
Celestina Mascolo
Lucia Maiuro
Marco Esposito
Carlo Ferrara
Nicola Rossi
Vincenzo Di Chiro
Sebastiano Rosati
Elena Sorrentino

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1609336

4,202 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Jun 2025

The diverse virulence potential of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhea: the emergence of a hybrid pathotype?

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Ana C. M. Santos
Roberta S. Silva
Mônica A. M. Vieira
Cristina V. Niero
Matheus S. F. Ribeiro
Beatriz E. C. Guth
Tânia A. T. Gomes
Rosa M. Silva

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1599350

3,128 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jun 2025

Screening kinase inhibitors identifies MELK as a prime target against influenza virus infections through inhibition of viral mRNA splicing

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Xuanye Yang
Xili Feng
Qianyun Liu
Lele An
Zhongren Ma
Xiaoxia Ma

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1600935

3,252 views

Review

Published on 04 Jun 2025

The microbiota, the malarial parasite, and the mice—a three-sided relationship

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Shanli He
Yanwei Qi

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1615846

3,265 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 04 Jun 2025

Epidemiological changes in tuberculosis and genotyping characteristics of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Ningxia, China

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Guangtian Liu
Jufen Lv
Linlin Chen
Yinglong Ma
Bofei Liu
Xuefeng Jiang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1582163

2,070 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Jun 2025

High prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains in hospitalized diarrhea patients: a preliminary study from a cholera-endemic area in India (2022)

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Hemant Kumar Khuntia
Prabir Manna
Deepak Kumar Barik
Subhojeet Biswas
Prasanta Kumar Bramha
Sanghamitra Pati
Manoranjan Ranjit
Madhusmita Bal
Anna Salomi Kerketta

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1470783

3,380 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Jun 2025

Superior diagnostic performance of Grocott methenamine silver staining in pulmonary cryptococcosis: a multicenter, large-sample cohort study

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Suijing Wang
Jieyi Lai
Chengyou Zheng
Pengfei Yang
Zhengyi Zhou
Haibo Wu
Mayan Huang
Xinke Zhang
Yongbo Xiao
Jierong Chen

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1615057

2,687 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Impact of egg incubation on hemocyte recruitment and susceptibility of Galleria mellonella larvae to pathogens

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Paulo Henrique Fonseca Carmo
Patrícia Michelle Nagai de Lima
Fabiana Alves Silva
Jaqueline Lemes Ribeiro
Juliana Campos Junqueira
Maíra Terra Garcia

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1611104

1,713 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Immunoprotective test and whole-genome sequencing analysis of the attenuated S02 strain of Streptococcus iniae

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Dandan Yi
Aiying Lei
Yu Liu
Guixiang Tong
Ting Huang
Chenyu Quan
Ming Chen
Liping Li

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1550544

1,979 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Analytical performance and standardization of four HCV RNA assays in China: an evaluation of sensitivity, precision, and genotype inclusivity

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Hao Yan
Bing Xu
Qinyi Zhang
Lijun Zhang
Zhihan Fang
Huijun Zhang
Junhang Pan
Wenge Xing

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1594410

2,560 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Combining a rhesus cytomegalovirus/SIV vaccine with a neutralizing antibody to protect against SIV challenges in rhesus macaques

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Jessica Coppola
Mara Parren
Raiza Bastidas
Karen Saye
Jacqueline Malvin
Joseph G. Jardine
Roxanne M. Gilbride
Sohita Ojha
Shana Feltham
David Morrow

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1592647

2,402 views
1 citation

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Microbial and clinical disparities in pneumonia: insights from metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with community-acquired and severe pneumonia

Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination on hospital surfaces: a multi-year environmental monitoring study in Shanghai, China

Impact of sample multiplexing on detection of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in pig microbiomes using long-read sequencing

sdrH enhances Staphylococcus aureus infection in diabetic wounds

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage before breast reconstruction: antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and virulence genes—a single center in vitro observation

Beyond survival to domination: Brucella’s multilayered strategies for evading host immune responses

In vivo profiling of the PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals diverse contributions to virulence

Editorial: Herpesvirus: transmission, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interaction, and treatment

Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates exhibit a molecular clock rate below 1 SNP per genome per year

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabia: genomic evidence of recent clonal expansion and plasmid-driven resistance dissemination

Viral infection and thyroid disorders: a narrative review

The genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pluranimalium from aborted bovine fetuses in British Columbia, Canada

The diagnostic value of two antigenic domains derived from the Trypanosoma cruzi Tc323 protein in chronic Chagas disease: a study in Brazil

Brucellosis in cattle and buffalo in southern Italian provinces: trends in presence of territory-specific One Health measures

The diverse virulence potential of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhea: the emergence of a hybrid pathotype?

Screening kinase inhibitors identifies MELK as a prime target against influenza virus infections through inhibition of viral mRNA splicing

The microbiota, the malarial parasite, and the mice—a three-sided relationship

Epidemiological changes in tuberculosis and genotyping characteristics of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Ningxia, China

High prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains in hospitalized diarrhea patients: a preliminary study from a cholera-endemic area in India (2022)

Superior diagnostic performance of Grocott methenamine silver staining in pulmonary cryptococcosis: a multicenter, large-sample cohort study

Impact of egg incubation on hemocyte recruitment and susceptibility of Galleria mellonella larvae to pathogens

Immunoprotective test and whole-genome sequencing analysis of the attenuated S02 strain of Streptococcus iniae

Analytical performance and standardization of four HCV RNA assays in China: an evaluation of sensitivity, precision, and genotype inclusivity

Combining a rhesus cytomegalovirus/SIV vaccine with a neutralizing antibody to protect against SIV challenges in rhesus macaques