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Disease Virulence

Disease Virulence is the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism as expressed by the severity or fatality of the disease it causes, distinguished by its specific impact on host fitness and transmission dynamics within the context of host–pathogen interactions.

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<i>cag</i> , a pathogenicity island of <i>Helicobacter pylori,</i> encodes type I-specific and disease-associated virulence factors

Stefano Censini, Christina Lange, Z Xiang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Molecular Basis for High Virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 Influenza A Viruses

Masato Hatta, Peng Gao, Peter Halfmann et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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<i>NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE</i> I

Douglas S. Kellogg, William L. Peacock, W. E. Deacon et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1963 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Simultaneous Identification of Bacterial Virulence Genes by Negative Selection

Michael Hensel, Jacqueline E. Shea, Colin Gleeson et al. · Science · 1995 · 1.2K citations

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Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community

Karen R. Lips, Forrest Brem, Roberto Brenes et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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  1. AC
    Arturo Casadevall

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    11 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. DL
    Donald L. Nuss

    La Roche College, United States

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. DI
    David I. Shapiro‐Ilan

    Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 383 citations

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  5. VN
    Victor Nizet

    University of California San Diego, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    237 publications

    14.6K citations

  2. Inserm

    Paris, France

    31 h-index

    199 publications

    14.3K citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    30 h-index

    115 publications

    12.7K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    29 h-index

    118 publications

    8.1K citations

  5. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    29 h-index

    121 publications

    6.7K citations

  6. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    28 h-index

    80 publications

    8K citations

  7. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    170 publications

    16.6K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    100 publications

    15.7K citations

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  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 238 publications · 20K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 53 publications · 12.5K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    136 publications · 6.7K citations

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  4. PLoS Pathogens

    55 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Virology

    JVI · 65 publications · 4.8K citations

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