Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025
About the Cover
A Personal Journey Through the Microbial World in Quilting
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Figure. Key for quilt squares in The Pathogen Quilt, created by Mija-tesse Ververs, MMed, MPH. Squares 1, 8, 12, and 24, DNA and RNA viruses and replication; squares 2, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 23, pathogens with surface proteins such as glycoproteins, hemagglutinins, or neuraminidases, including HIV, SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus, Nipah virus, and mpox virus; squares 5 and 13, red blood cells; squares 10 and 22, Vibrio cholerae; squares 14 and 16, Ebola virus; squares 17 and 21, viral DNA. The remaining squares represent fantasy pathogens, designed for their visual appeal by the artist.
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