KEY PAPERS
First Place Award
Climate change, its impact on emerging infectious diseases and new technologies to combat the challenge
Authors: Hongyan Liao, Christopher J. Lyon, Binwu Ying & Tony Hu
EMI comments: This is the most read EMI paper in 2024, and it describes the important roles of climate change to the emerging infectious diseases and new technology tools that can be used to fight this tread.
Second Place Award
ESKAPE in China: epidemiology and characteristics of antibiotic resistance
Authors: Qixia Luo, Ping Lu, Yunbo Chen, Ping Shen, Beiwen Zheng, Jinru Ji, Chaoqun Ying, Zhiying Liu & Yonghong Xiao
EMI comments: The current epidemiology and characteristics of ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp.) and relevant mechanisms of resistance to recently introduced antibiotics were reported.
Third Place Award – A
Rational development of multicomponent mRNA vaccine candidates against mpox
Authors: Minh Ha Ngo, Joshua Pankrac, Ryan C. Y. Ho, Emmanuel Ndashimye, Rahul Pawa, Renata Ceccacci, Tsigereda Biru, Abayomi S. Olabode, Katja Klein, Yue Li, Colin Kovacs, Robert Assad, Jeffrey M. Jacobson, David H. Canaday, Stephen Tomusange, Samiri Jamiru, Aggrey Anok, Taddeo Kityamuweesi, Paul Buule, Ronald M. Galiwango, Steven J. Reynolds, Thomas C. Quinn, Andrew D. Redd, Jessica L. Prodger, Jamie F. S. Mann & Eric J. Arts
EMI comments: The authors assessed HIV-1 latency reversal using a multivalent HIV-1-derived virus-like particle (HLP) to treat samples from 32 people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) in Uganda, US and Canada who initiated combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) during chronic infection.
Third Place Award – B
Unveiling the pathogenic mechanisms of Clostridium perfringens toxins and virulence factors
Authors: Anny Camargo, Juan David Ramírez, Raymond Kiu, Lindsay J. Hall & Marina Muñoz
EMI comments: The authors aim to clarify the current state of knowledge on the structural features and mechanisms of action of the major toxins and virulence factors of C. perfringens and discuss the impact of genetic diversity of toxin types in tropism for several hosts.
Marked neurotropism and potential adaptation of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus in naturally infected domestic cats
Shubhada K. Chothe, Surabhi Srinivas, Sougat Misra, Noel Chandan Nallipogu, Elizabeth Gilbride, Lindsey LaBella, Swastidipa Mukherjee, Christian H. Gauthier, Heidi L. Pecoraro, Brett T. Webb, James M. Pipas, Santhamani Ramasamy & Suresh V. Kuchipudi
Published online: 17 Dec 2024 (Vol.14, No.1, 2025)
Effective and targeted latency reversal in CD4+ T cells from individuals on long term combined antiretroviral therapy initiated during chronic HIV-1 infection
Minh Ha Ngo, Joshua Pankrac, Ryan C. Y. Ho, Emmanuel Ndashimye, Rahul Pawa, Renata Ceccacci, Tsigereda Biru, Abayomi S. Olabode, Katja Klein, Yue Li, Colin Kovacs, Robert Assad, Jeffrey M. Jacobson, David H. Canaday, Stephen Tomusange, Samiri Jamiru, Aggrey Anok, Taddeo Kityamuweesi, Paul Buule, Ronald M. Galiwango, Steven J. Reynolds, Thomas C. Quinn, Andrew D. Redd, Jessica L. Prodger, Jamie F. S. Mann & Eric J. Arts
Published online: 26 Mar 2024 (Vol.13, No.1, 2024)
COVID-19 pandemic – an African perspective
Shabir Ahmad Lone & Aijaz Ahmad
Published online: 15 Jun 2020 (Vol.9, No.1, 2020)
Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes
Wei Zhang, Rong-Hui Du, Bei Li, Xiao-Shuang Zheng, Xing-Lou Yang, Ben Hu, Yan-Yi Wang, Geng-Fu Xiao, Bing Yan, Zheng-Li Shi & Peng Zhou
Published online: 17 Feb 2020 (Vol.9, No.1, 2020)
Alarming situation of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza and effective control strategies
Jianzhong Shi, Xianying Zeng, Pengfei Cui, Cheng Yan & Hualan Chen
Published online: 12 Dec 2022 (Vol.12, No.1, 2023)
Monkeypox virus emerges from the shadow of its more infamous cousin: family biology matters
Yan Xiang & Addison White
Published online: 12 Jul 2022 (Vol.11, No.1, 2022)
Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan
Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kin-Hang Kok, Zheng Zhu, Hin Chu, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Shuofeng Yuan & Kwok-Yung Yuen
Published online: 28 Jan 2020 (Vol.9, No.1, 2020)
Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes
Wei Zhang, Rong-Hui Du, Bei Li, Xiao-Shuang Zheng, Xing-Lou Yang, Ben Hu, Yan-Yi Wang, Geng-Fu Xiao, Bing Yan, Zheng-Li Shi & Peng Zhou
Published online: 17 Feb 2020 (Vol.9, No.1, 2020)