Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 105, No. 11 (Mar. 18, 2008), pp. 4381-4386 (6 pages) The virulence of influenza virus is a multigenic trait. One ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae infections occur in humans of all ages, however the highest risk groups appear to be infants, the elderly and the immunocompromised. One or more virulence factors may contribute ...

A huge tool-kit of genes allows a rogue form of a normally harmless gut bacterium to cause life-threatening infections. The finding could lead to new ways to predict, prevent or treat these infections ...

The open reading frame 10 (ORF10) protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) interacts with multiple human proteins expressed in lung tissues. Mutations and ...

International and domestic monitoring has confirmed that the virulence and pathogenicity of the Omicron variant and its evolutionary branches are significantly reduced compared with the original COVID ...

Pseudomonas plecoglossicida is recognised as a significant pathogen in aquaculture, notably affecting species such as the large yellow croaker and other teleosts. This bacterium employs an array of ...