"Virulence Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Those components of an organism that determine its capacity to cause disease but are not required for its viability per se. Two classes have been characterized: TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL and surface adhesion molecules that effect the ability of the microorganism to invade and colonize a host. (From Davis et al., Microbiology, 4th ed. p486)
| Descriptor ID |
D037521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.946.896
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| Concept/Terms |
Virulence Factors- Virulence Factors
- Factors, Virulence
- Pathogenicity Factors
- Factors, Pathogenicity
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virulence Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Type VIIb secretion system recruits the dedicated cell wall hydrolase EssH to enable effector secretion by Staphylococcus aureus. mBio. 2026 04 08; 17(4):e0319625.
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Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection Promotes Strain Structure in a Plant Pathogen. Ecol Lett. 2026 Jan; 29(1):e70304.
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A light-induced microprotein triggers regulated intramembrane proteolysis to promote photo-sensing in a pathogenic bacterium. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 06; 17(1):182.
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Rapid design of bacteriophage cocktails to suppress the burden and virulence of gut-resident carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 11 13; 32(11):1988-2003.e8.
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Widespread Detection of Yersiniabactin Gene Cluster and Its Encoding Integrative Conjugative Elements (ICEKp) among Nonoutbreak OXA-48-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates from Spain and the Netherlands. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 08 17; 11(4):e0471622.
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Genomic Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli O157 Cattle and Clinical Isolates from Alberta, Canada. Toxins (Basel). 2022 08 31; 14(9).
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Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine. Mol Microbiol. 2022 09; 118(3):278-293.
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Golgi stress induces SIRT2 to counteract Shigella infection via defatty-acylation. Nat Commun. 2022 08 02; 13(1):4494.
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Solution structure and dynamics of the mitochondrial-targeted GTPase-activating protein (GAP) VopE by an integrated NMR/SAXS approach. Protein Sci. 2022 05; 31(5):e4282.
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A Genomic Island of Vibrio cholerae Encodes a Three-Component Cytotoxin with Monomer and Protomer Forms Structurally Similar to Alpha-Pore-Forming Toxins. J Bacteriol. 2022 05 17; 204(5):e0055521.