Hey

Based on what Dr. Kelly said to me, we should be focusing on B pertussis, S.Pneumoniae, H. influenzae. Throw all other bacteria out, especially tuberculosis which is miles away from this case definition. Please remember to take her suggestions in the context of my answer to the questions, since her comments point out what is missing only in mine. If you look at my organization of the the immune response question, I gave a general overview off adaptive and innate immunity (defensin and NK need to be expanded), followed by a small section of the responses specific to B. pertussis. I feel writing a small section for the other two pathogens should be sufficient and more organized, allowing the reader to compare the 3 bacteria. I'm willing to write up on H. influenzae. Can someone do S.pneumoniae?

We need to expand on the mechanism aspects of host evasion, which two of you will take the lead on that?

Can we aim to have all research and writing done by noon Friday, leaving enough time for illustrations and formatting? Let's just present on the wiki page or in a word document converted to PDF (easy to format, download and print/save if needed). Let's aim to complete everything by noon Saturday.