Virulence

"Virulence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microorganisms or viruses as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host. The pathogenic capacity of an organism is determined by its VIRULENCE FACTORS.

Descriptor ID	D014774
MeSH Number(s)	G06.930
Concept/Terms	Virulence Virulence Pathogenicity Pathogenicity

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Biological Sciences [G]
Microbiological Phenomena [G06]
Virulence [G06.930]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Virulence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Virulence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 138 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	1	0	1
1993	0	1	1
1994	0	1	1
1996	1	0	1
1998	0	2	2
2000	0	3	3
2001	1	2	3
2002	1	7	8
2003	0	2	2
2004	0	9	9
2005	0	11	11
2006	1	5	6
2007	1	11	12
2008	0	5	5
2009	0	9	9
2010	1	6	7
2011	1	5	6
2012	0	9	9
2013	0	10	10
2014	1	6	7
2015	0	2	2
2016	1	2	3
2017	0	3	3
2018	1	4	5
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	5	5
2021	1	4	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Virulence" by people in Profiles.

Muecksch F, Weisblum Y, Barnes CO, Schmidt F, Schaefer-Babajew D, Wang Z, C Lorenzi JC, Flyak AI, DeLaitsch AT, Huey-Tubman KE, Hou S, Schiffer CA, Gaebler C, Da Silva J, Poston D, Finkin S, Cho A, Cipolla M, Oliveira TY, Millard KG, Ramos V, Gazumyan A, Rutkowska M, Caskey M, Nussenzweig MC, Bjorkman PJ, Hatziioannou T, Bieniasz PD. Affinity maturation of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies confers potency, breadth, and resilience to viral escape mutations. Immunity. 2021 08 10; 54(8):1853-1868.e7.

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Joma BH, Siwapornchai N, Vanguri VK, Shrestha A, Roggensack SE, Davidson BA, Tai AK, Hakansson AP, Meydani SN, Leong JM, Bou Ghanem EN. A Murine Model for Enhancement of Streptococcus pneumoniae Pathogenicity upon Viral Infection and Advanced Age. Infect Immun. 2021 07 15; 89(8):e0047120.

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Maroney MJ, Ciurli S. Nickel as a virulence factor in the Class I bacterial carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori. Semin Cancer Biol. 2021 11; 76:143-155.

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Rao S, Yao Y, Soares de Brito J, Yao Q, Shen AH, Watkinson RE, Kennedy AL, Coyne S, Ren C, Zeng J, Serbin AV, Studer S, Ballotti K, Harris CE, Luk K, Stevens CS, Armant M, Pinello L, Wolfe SA, Chiarle R, Shimamura A, Lee B, Newburger PE, Bauer DE. Dissecting ELANE neutropenia pathogenicity by human HSC gene editing. Cell Stem Cell. 2021 05 06; 28(5):833-845.e5.

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Thomson EC, Rosen LE, Shepherd JG, Spreafico R, da Silva Filipe A, Wojcechowskyj JA, Davis C, Piccoli L, Pascall DJ, Dillen J, Lytras S, Czudnochowski N, Shah R, Meury M, Jesudason N, De Marco A, Li K, Bassi J, O'Toole A, Pinto D, Colquhoun RM, Culap K, Jackson B, Zatta F, Rambaut A, Jaconi S, Sreenu VB, Nix J, Zhang I, Jarrett RF, Glass WG, Beltramello M, Nomikou K, Pizzuto M, Tong L, Cameroni E, Croll TI, Johnson N, Di Iulio J, Wickenhagen A, Ceschi A, Harbison AM, Mair D, Ferrari P, Smollett K, Sallusto F, Carmichael S, Garzoni C, Nichols J, Galli M, Hughes J, Riva A, Ho A, Schiuma M, Semple MG, Openshaw PJM, Fadda E, Baillie JK, Chodera JD, Rihn SJ, Lycett SJ, Virgin HW, Telenti A, Corti D, Robertson DL, Snell G. Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity. Cell. 2021 03 04; 184(5):1171-1187.e20.

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Vasquez-Rifo A, Ricci EP, Ambros V. Pseudomonas aeruginosa cleaves the decoding center of Caenorhabditis elegans ribosomes. PLoS Biol. 2020 12; 18(12):e3000969.

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Volz E, Hill V, McCrone JT, Price A, Jorgensen D, O'Toole Á, Southgate J, Johnson R, Jackson B, Nascimento FF, Rey SM, Nicholls SM, Colquhoun RM, da Silva Filipe A, Shepherd J, Pascall DJ, Shah R, Jesudason N, Li K, Jarrett R, Pacchiarini N, Bull M, Geidelberg L, Siveroni I, Goodfellow I, Loman NJ, Pybus OG, Robertson DL, Thomson EC, Rambaut A, Connor TR. Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity. Cell. 2021 01 07; 184(1):64-75.e11.

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Joshi A, Mahmoud SA, Kim SK, Ogdahl JL, Lee VT, Chien P, Yildiz FH. c-di-GMP inhibits LonA-dependent proteolysis of TfoY in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Genet. 2020 06; 16(6):e1008897.

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Engelman DT, Lother S, George I, Funk DJ, Ailawadi G, Atluri P, Grant MC, Haft JW, Hassan A, Legare JF, Whitman GJR, Arora RC. Adult cardiac surgery and the COVID-19 pandemic: Aggressive infection mitigation strategies are necessary in the operating room and surgical recovery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 08; 160(2):447-451.

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Haft JW, Atluri P, Ailawadi G, Engelman DT, Grant MC, Hassan A, Legare JF, Whitman GJR, Arora RC. Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tiered patient triage guidance statement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug; 160(2):452-455.

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