Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, launched in 1968, is the official bi-monthly publication of the Taiwan Society of Microbiology, the Chinese Society of Immunology, the Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwanand the Taiwan Society of Parasitology. The journal is an open access journal, committed to disseminating information on the latest trends and advances in microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and parasitology. Articles on clinical or laboratory investigations of relevance to microbiology, infectious diseases, parasitology, and novel findings in all areas of immunology, encompassing both basic, clinical research and other related fields that are of interest to the medical profession are eligible for consideration. Article types considered include perspectives, review articles, original articles, brief reports and correspondence. The Editorial Board of the Journal comprises a dedicated team of local and international experts in the field of microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and parasitology. All members of the Editorial Board actively guide and set the direction of the journal. With the aim of promoting effective and accurate scientific information, an expert panel of referees constitutes the backbone of the peer-review process in evaluating the quality and content of manuscripts submitted for publication. JMII is open access and indexed in SCIE, PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, AIDS & Cancer Reseach, CABI, BIOSIS Previews, Biological Abstracts, EBSCOhost, CancerLit, Reactions Weekly (online), Chemical Abstracts, HealthSTAR, Global Health, ProQuest.

Perspective
Toward sustainable and effective control: Experience of China Ebola Treatment Center in Liberia
Yang Luo, Caiping Song, Hongyan Zhang, Yungui Wang, Hao Wu

Article

1. Modulation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-mediated apoptosis by Helicobacter pylori in immune pathogenesis of gastric mucosal damage
Hwei-Fang Tsai, Ping-Ning Hsu

2. Predicting severe enterovirus 71 infection: Age, comorbidity, and parental behavior matter
Wen-Chan Huang, Wei-Liang Shih, Shun-Cheng Yang, Ting-Yu Yen, ... Li-Min Huang

3. Defective innate immune responses to respiratory syncytial virus infection in ovalbumin-sensitized mice
Shen-Hao Lai, Sui-Ling Liao, Kin-Sun Wong, Tzou-Yien Lin

4. Molecular characterization of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 subtypes in Thai blood donors
Anchalee Sistayanarain, Suriya Chaiwong

5. Microbial communities associated with anaerobic degradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in river sediment
Chu-Wen Yang, Huang-Wen Huang, Bea-Ven Chang

6. Clinical analysis of fever of unknown origin in children: A 10-year experience in a northern Taiwan medical center
Ching-Yi Cho, Chou-Cheng Lai, Ming-Luen Lee, Chien-Lun Hsu, ... Keh-Gong Wu

7. Effects of toluidine blue O (TBO)-photodynamic inactivation on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates
Sung-Pin Tseng, Wei-Chun Hung, Hsiao-Jan Chen, Yu-Tzu Lin, ... Jui-Chang Tsai

8. Galleria mellonella as an in vivo model for assessing the efficacy of antimicrobial agents against Enterobacter cloacae infection
Hai-Fei Yang, Ai-Jun Pan, Li-Fen Hu, Yan-Yan Liu, ... Jia-Bin Li

9. Comparison between bacteremia caused by Acinetobacter pittii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis
Yuag-Meng Liu, Yi-Tzu Lee, Shu-Chen Kuo, Te-Li Chen, ... Chun-Eng Liu

10. Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates carrying the blaOXA-142 extended-spectrum β-lactamase gene in Taiwan
Chang-Pan Liu, Te-Li Chen, Nai-Yu Wang, Shan-Fan Chow, ... Tsong-Rong Yan

11. Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) and eradication regimens
Tetsufumi Koga, Wataru Aoki, Takashi Mizuno, Kuniko Wakazono, ... Yoshinori Ikeda

12. Prevalence and characterization of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and toxigenic Clostridium difficile in a Taipei emergency department
Dar-Der Ji, I-Hsiu Huang, Chao-Chih Lai, Fang-Tzy Wu, ... Wei-Chen Lin

13. Recombinant bacille Calmette–Guerin coexpressing Ag85b, CFP10, and interleukin-12 elicits effective protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Yih-Yuan Chen, Chih-Wei Lin, Wei-Feng Huang, Jia-Ru Chang, ... Horng-Yunn Dou

14. Epidemiology, antifungal susceptibilities, and risk factors for invasive candidiasis from 2011 to 2013 in a teaching hospital in southwest China
Shuli Pu, Siqiang Niu, Chuanming Zhang, Xiuyu Xu, ... Liping Zhang

15. Identification of factors for physicians to facilitate early differential diagnosis of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and Q fever from dengue fever in Taiwan
Ko Chang, Nan-Yao Lee, Wen-Chien Ko, Jih-Jin Tsai, ... Yen-Hsu Chen

16. Toll-like receptor 1 N248S polymorphism affects T helper 1 cytokine production and is associated with serum immunoglobulin E levels in Taiwanese allergic patients
Chin-An Yang, Bor-Luen Chiang

17. A case of Mycoplasma hominis disseminated infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected pregnant woman with hypogammaglobulinemia
Sara Fernández, David Nicolás, Juan M. Pericás, Pedro Castro Rebollo, ... Josep M. Nicolás

18. Ventilator-associated cytomegalovirus organizing pneumonia in an immunocompetent critically ill patient
Wen-Liang Yu, Chin-Ming Chen, Wen-Ying Lee

19. Successful salvage therapy with tigecycline and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for recurrent osteomyelitis caused by Burkholderia cepacia
Wen-Sen Lee, Tai-chin Hsieh, Tsong-Yih Ou, Fu-Lun Chen, ... Chin-Wang Hsu