High Virulence and Antifungal Resistance in Clinical Strains of Candida albicans by Eric Monroy-Pérez, Gloria Luz Paniagua-Contreras, Pamela Rodríguez-Purata, Felipe Vaca-Paniagua, Marco Vázquez-Villaseñor, Clara Díaz-Velásquez, Alina Uribe-García, Sergio Vaca

“…Antifungal resistance and virulence properties of Candida albicans are a growing health problem worldwide. …”
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Influenza A Virus Entry: Implications in Virulence and Future Therapeutics by Emily Rumschlag-Booms, Lijun Rong

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Virulence Factors of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Linked to Recurrent Infections by Laura Tijerina-Rodríguez, Licet Villarreal-Treviño, Rayo Morfín-Otero, Adrián Camacho-Ortíz, E. Garza-González

“…In this review, we describe the key virulence factors of C. difficile that have been associated with recurrent infections.…”
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Virulence is not directly related to strain success in planta in Clavibacter nebraskensis by Molly Veregge, Cory D. Hirsch, Matthew J. Moscou, Liana Burghardt, Peter Tiffin, Devanshi Khokhani

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Hyphal Growth in Human Fungal Pathogens and Its Role in Virulence by Alexandra Brand

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Ethanolamine-induced assembly of microcompartments is required for Fusobacterium nucleatum virulence by Dana S. Franklin, Yi-Wei Chen, Yimin Chen, Manuel Wittchen, Angela Agnew, Alexis Luu, Julian P. Whitelegge, Z. Hong Zhou, Andreas Tauch, Asis Das, Hung Ton-That

“…Significantly, this ability of F. nucleatum to form BMCs in response to EA is crucial for its pathogenicity evidenced by the fact that the genetic disruption of BMC formation reduces fusobacterial virulence in a mouse model of preterm birth.…”
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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…Screening food enrichment broths with classical genetic markers (stx, eae) can overestimate the presence of highly virulent STEC, causing needless disruption and costs for food producers. …”
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Novel Regulatory Mechanisms of Pathogenicity and Virulence to Combat MDR in Candida albicans by Saif Hameed, Zeeshan Fatima

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Investigation of virulence factors in resistance and sensitive pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates by Zeinab Waheed kadim, Hala Mouayed Radif

“…The production rates of virulence factors investigated in all tested isolates were 100% for protease, hemolysin, and swarming, while the lipase production rate was 48.5%. …”
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Intracellular Eukaryotic Pathogens’ Virulence Attributes and Their Interplay with Host Immune Defenses by Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Ildinete Silva-Pereira

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Refined methodology for quantifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence using Galleria mellonella by Christopher M. R. Axline, Travis J. Kochan, Sophie Nozick, Timothy Ward, Tania Afzal, Issay Niki, Sumitra D. Mitra, Ethan VanGosen, Julia Nelson, Aliki Valdes, David Hynes, William Cheng, Joanne Lee, Prarthana Prashanth, Timothy L. Turner, Nathan B. Pincus, Marc H. Scheetz, Kelly E. R. Bachta, Alan R. Hauser

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Pivotal role of Helicobacter pylori virulence genes in pathogenicity and vaccine development by Ayman Elbehiry, Eman Marzouk, Adil Abalkhail, Wael Sindi, Yasir Alzahrani, Salem Alhifani, Turki Alshehri, Nuha Abdulaziz Anajirih, Turki ALMutairi, Ahmad Alsaedi, Feras Alzaben, Abdullah Alqrni, Abdelmaged Draz, Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Akram Abu-Okail

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Advances in the detection of virulence genes of Staphylococcus aureus originate from food by Yingying Zhao, Dandan Xia, Panpan Ma, Xiaofeng Gao, Wenyi Kang, Jinfeng Wei

“…Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus, Virulence genes, Conventional methods, Rapid detection methods…”
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Virulence of Bacteria Causing Mastitis in Dairy Cows: A Literature Review by Xiaofang Tong, Herman W. Barkema, Diego B. Nobrega, Chuang Xu, Bo Han, Chenyibo Zhang, Jingyue Yang, Xiaoping Li, Jian Gao

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Plasmid Profiles and Prevalence of Intermediately Virulent Rhodococcus equi from Pigs in Nakhonpathom Province, Thailand: Identification of a New Variant of the 70-kb Virulence Plasmid, Type 18 by Chaithep Poolkhet, Suksun Chumsing, Worawidh Wajjwalku, Chihiro Minato, Yukiko Otsu, Shinji Takai

“…The isolates were tested for the presence of virulence plasmids and the 20-kDa virulence-associated protein antigen (VapB) gene by PCR. …”
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EFFECTS OF MODERATELY VIRULENT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS ON INTERLEUKIN-10 PRODUCTION by A. S. Pershin, I. V. Shevchenko, A. S. Igolkin, Ye. V. Aronova, N. N. Vlasova

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Comparative Genomics Analysis of Two Different Virulent Bovine Pasteurella multocida Isolates by Huihui Du, Rendong Fang, Tingting Pan, Tian Li, Nengzhang Li, Qiang He, Rui Wu, Yuanyi Peng, Zeyang Zhou

“…In this study, comparative genomics analysis was carried out to identify the virulence genes in two different virulent P. multocida capsular type A isolates (high virulent PmCQ2 and low virulent PmCQ6). …”
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Vaccination with an Attenuated Ferritin Mutant Protects Mice against Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Selvakumar Subbian, Ruchi Pandey, Patricia Soteropoulos, G. Marcela Rodriguez

“…In this study, we examined whether immunization with a bfrB mutant could confer protection against subsequent infection with virulent M. tuberculosis in a mouse model. The results show that the protection elicited by immunization with the bfrB mutant is comparable to BCG vaccination with respect to reduction of bacterial burden. …”
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Gut microbiota and plasma metabolites in pregnant mothers and infant atopic dermatitis: A multi-omics studyKey Message by Bingqian Du, MA.Sc, Aga Shama, BA.Sc, Yi Zhang, BA.Sc, Baolan Chen, MA.Sc, Yongqi Bu, BA.Sc, Pei-an Chen, MA.Sc, Chuzhi Lin, BA.Sc, Jie Liu, MA.Sc, Juan Zheng, MA.Sc, Zhenjun Li, MD, PhD, Qingsong Chen, PhD, Yu Sun, PhD, Xi Fu, PhD

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Diversity of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated with Fresh Vegetables by Kashina Allydice-Francis, Paul D. Brown

“…With the increased focus on healthy eating and consuming raw vegetables, this study assessed the extent of contamination of fresh vegetables by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Jamaica and examined the antibiotic susceptibility profiles and the presence of various virulence associated determinants of P. aeruginosa. …”
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