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Microbial Virulence Evolution

Microbial Virulence Evolution is a theoretical framework within host-microbe coevolution that explains the adaptive changes in microbial pathogenicity as a result of selective pressures arising from host immune defenses and ecological constraints.

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12.7K

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904

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328

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2017–2026

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171

Parallel evolution of virulence in pathogenic Escherichia coli

Sean D. Reid, Corinne J. Herbelin, Alyssa C. Bumbaugh et al. · Nature · 2000 · 502 citations

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Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Min Li, Binh An Diep, Amer E. Villaruz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 397 citations · Full text

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The agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens

Cameron R. Currie, Ulrich G. Mueller, David Malloch · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 394 citations · Full text

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Adaptive evolution of virulence and persistence in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Christoph M. Ernst, Julian R. Braxton, Carlos A. Rodríguez-Osorio et al. · Nature Medicine · 2020 · 320 citations · Full text

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Aerobactin Mediates Virulence and Accounts for Increased Siderophore Production under Iron-Limiting Conditions by Hypervirulent (Hypermucoviscous) Klebsiella pneumoniae

Thomas A. Russo, Ruth Olson, Ulrike MacDonald et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2014 · 311 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jouni Laakso

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    5 publications · 288 citations

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  2. JM
    Johanna Mappes

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    4 publications · 309 citations

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  3. AB
    Angus Buckling

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 682 citations

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  4. AC
    Arturo Casadevall

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States

    4 publications · 277 citations

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  5. VF
    Ville‐Petri Friman

    University of York, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 308 citations

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Institutions

328

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    28 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    744 citations

  4. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    8 h-index

    44 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    703 citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    217 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    24 publications

    4.4K citations

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  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 10 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 9 publications · 871 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 434 citations

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  5. PLoS Pathogens

    6 publications · 411 citations

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