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Virulence
Virulence Vir"u*lence, Virulency Vir"u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F.
virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous;
poisonousness; malignancy.
2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. ``Refuted
without satirical virulency.' --Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities
and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor.
Meaning of Virulence from wikipedia
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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...
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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...
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Virulence factors (preferably
known as
pathogenicity factors or
effectors in botany) are
cellular structures,
molecules and
regulatory systems that enable...
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Virulence is a peer-reviewed
medical journal that
covers microbiology and
immunology specifically,
microorganism pathogenicity, the
infection process...
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calcium influx, may also
contribute to the
intoxication of phagocytes. The
virulence factors identified in the
Bordetella are
common to all
three species....
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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"...
- 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...
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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...
- ****ociations of
virulence factors are the same for
plant and
animal infections. In both
insects and plants, P. aeruginosa
virulence is
highly quorum...
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capsule that acts as a
virulence factor for the organism; more than 100
different serotypes are known, and
these types differ in
virulence, prevalence, and...
