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...

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

normal flora E. coli, the pathogenic varieties produce toxins and other virulence factors that enable them to reside in parts of the body normally not inhabited...

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...

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

associations of virulence factors are the same for plant and animal infections. In both insects and plants, P. aeruginosa virulence is highly quorum...

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"...