[vîŕyə-lənt, vîŕə-]
(adj.)Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or…
(adj.)Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See…
(adj.)Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.
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Virulence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virulence is the degree of pathogenicity of an organism: the relative ability of a pathogen to cause disease. The noun virulence derives from the adjective virulent . In discussing disease, the a...
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Recently, two novel but widespread themes have emerged in the field of bacterial virulence: type III secretion systems and pathogenicity islands. Type III secretion systems, which are found in various gram-negative organisms, are specialized for the export of virulence factors delivered directly to host cells.
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Influenza A viruses infecting chickens and turkeys are usually at one of two extremes of virulence. ... Although the virulence of AI viruses for birds is a polygenic trait, one virulence factor is correlated with the hemagglutinin cleavage site.
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Virulence factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virulence factors are molecules expressed and secreted by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa) that enable them to achieve the following: • colonisation of a niche in the host (this inclu...
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Definition of virulence from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... : the quality or state of being virulent: as a : extreme bitterness or malignity of temper : rancor b : malignancy, venomousness <ameliorate the virulence of a disease> c :
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To clarify virulence and nonvirulence of HIV and to obtain nonpathogenic virus are not only applied research but also basic science to dissolve the fundemental question why HIV can induce the disease.
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The results stress the contribution of all Pmt isoforms to the virulence of C. albicans and suggest that the importance of individual Pmt isoforms may differ in specific host niches. We propose that Pmt proteins may be suitable targets for future novel classes of antifungal agents.
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