Having considered some of the virulence factors encoded by E. coli, take another look at Figure 1. The second-largest circle illustrates another important concept in molecular genetics ...

Q: How does understanding the evolution of virulence help us to manage infectious disease? A: For most of the last two centuries people have been using interventions to knock down infectious ...

Consider this: Almost all oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are infected with a flesh-eating bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus (Hlady & Klontz, 1996). The good news? Fewer than 50 cases of V. vulnificus ...

An attenuated vaccine virus genetically engineered to carry the virulence mutations that the researchers identified caused paralysis in mice. “In polio, we know that viruses that are more ...

Virulence can be weakened by the action of different factors on the micro-organism, e. g. the defence forces of the organism, ...

A recent study has shed light on the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of Penicillium expansum, the fungal culprit behind ...

B ucking stoner stereotypes, Fu Manchu have never been ones to be complacent. But then when they formed in 1985 under the name Virulence they were hardcore punks with a big debt t ...

Various bacterial virulence factors are associated with the development of such gastric diseases, and the characterization of these markers could aid medical prognosis, which could be extremely ...

Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop ...

This is an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Paul Ewald filmed for Evolution: "The Evolutionary Arms Race". Dr. Ewald is a professor of biology at Amherst College. His research areas include the ...