Advances in technology and engineering over the past few decades have led to an increased interest in developing new, low-cost diagnostic techniques for use in resource-constrained settings…

Viral infections are an important cause of death worldwide. In addition to established human pathogens, spillover from animal reservoirs cause emergent and re-emergent viral infections, such as the…

This Collection uses the lens of climate change to address effects on public health with a particular focus on the spread of infectious diseases. These articles present impactful research on One…

In this PLOS collection featuring research from PLOS Pathogens, we highlight research on fungal pathogenesis and its interactions with immunity. These studies explore human, animal and plant fungal…

At PLOS Pathogens we publish outstanding research on pathogenic organisms including bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viruses. Each year, we celebrate the impact our authors have had and share…

The Signaling Pathways Project is a multi-omics knowledgebase based upon public, manually curated transcriptomic and cistromic (ChIP-Seq) datasets involving genetic and small molecule manipulations of…

From binding and altering signaling cascades at the cell surface, to membrane penetration and hijacking of intracellular host membranes, microbes and their toxins interact with host cell membranes in…

In keeping with our primary mission of making the world’s scientific and medical literature a public resource, PLOS periodically publishes articles that explore the issues surrounding open…

There are currently 350 million people in 98 countries at risk of developing leishmaniasis, the vector-borne parasitic disease caused by various species of trypanosomatid protozoa in the genus of…

PLOS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, founded by Dr. Hiten Madhani and now led by Dr. Joseph Heitman and a team of twelve Pearls…