Virulence is a pathogen's or microorganism's ability to cause damage to a host. In most, especially in animal systems, virulence refers to the degree of...

Virulence factors (preferably known as pathogenicity factors or effectors in botany) are cellular structures, molecules and regulatory systems that enable...

Optimal virulence is a concept relating to the ecology of hosts and parasites. One definition of virulence is the host's parasite-induced loss of fitness...

Virulence is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers microbiology and immunology specifically, microorganism pathogenicity, the infection process...

calcium influx, may also contribute to the intoxication of phagocytes. The virulence factors identified in the Bordetella are common to all three species....

they form virulence factors and as such regulate the switch from their normal growth in the intestine into virulence. The switch to virulence gives access...

accepted as conventional wisdom and was even called the law of declining virulence. It has been disproved and replaced by the trade-off model, which explains...

Department of the University of Louisville. Ewald is known for his "theory of virulence”, suggesting that "the deadlier the germ, the less likely it is to spread"...

by Alina Chand and Matt Ridley Virals, a novel series by Kathy Reichs Virulence, pathogen's ability to infect or damage host This disambiguation page...

(syn. Coniothyrium minitans). The first definite evidence of cost of virulence in any plant pathogen was discovered in this bacterium. Vera Cruz et al...