Virulence

"Virulence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microorganisms or viruses as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host. The pathogenic capacity of an organism is determined by its VIRULENCE FACTORS.

Descriptor ID	D014774
MeSH Number(s)	G06.930
Concept/Terms	Virulence Virulence Pathogenicity Pathogenicity

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Biological Sciences [G]
Microbiological Phenomena [G06]
Virulence [G06.930]

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Bar chart showing 186 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	2	2
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	4	4
2001	0	5	5
2002	0	7	7
2003	0	6	6
2004	0	6	6
2005	0	4	4
2006	0	9	9
2007	1	8	9
2008	0	5	5
2009	0	6	6
2010	0	10	10
2011	1	11	12
2012	1	12	13
2013	0	10	10
2014	0	12	12
2015	0	6	6
2016	0	7	7
2017	0	6	6
2018	2	6	8
2019	0	11	11
2020	1	7	8
2021	0	5	5
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	6	6
2025	0	1	1

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Rivera I, Koenig SSK, Rodriguez AL, Bosilevac JM, Eppinger M. Phylogenomic framework and virulence gene boundaries of emerging Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O118 informed by the comprehensive profiling of 359 O118 genomes. Virulence. 2026 Dec; 17(1):2672206.

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Cambon MC, Thomas G, Caulfield J, Crampton M, Reed K, Doonan JM, Hussain U, Denman S, Vuts J, McDonald JE. Chemical cues from Agrilus biguttatus beetle larvae trigger proliferation and putative virulence gene expression of the tree pathogen Brenneria goodwinii. J Appl Microbiol. 2026 Apr 02; 137(4).

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Shapiro BL, Jaiswal P, Funkhouser-Jones LJ, Roy S, Van Gundy TJ, Bono JM, Lybecker MC, Garcia BL, Hyde JA, Skare JT. The Borreliella burgdorferi BosR-associated small non-coding RNA BasA regulates virulence. Infect Immun. 2026 Apr 15; 94(4):e0002626.

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Tanoto FR, Liew JH, Stocks CJ, Rawat D, Chong KKL, Pethe K, Antypas H, Kline KA. Gelatinase regulates the egress of intracellular replicating populations during Enterococcus faecalis infection. PLoS Pathog. 2026 Mar; 22(3):e1013738.

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Aki J, Papp SB, Polk B, Jeffreys S, Tompkins MP, Kalalah AA, Eppinger M, Zhang G, Guentzel MN, Chambers JP, Arulanandam BP, Yu JJ. Characterization of Pilin A and Thioredoxin A Mutant Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, From a Transposon Insertion Library, for Pili Production and Virulence-Associated Properties. Microbiologyopen. 2025 Dec; 14(6):e70183.

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Faraj R, Ramadan H, Bentum KE, Alkaraghulli B, Woube Y, Hassan Z, Samuel T, Adesiyun A, Jackson CR, Abebe W. Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Gene Profiling, and Spa Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Retail Chicken Meat in Alabama, USA. Pathogens. 2025 Jan 22; 14(2).

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Busch JD, Kaestli M, Mayo M, Roe CC, Vazquez AJ, Choy JL, Harrington G, Benedict S, Stone NE, Allender CJ, Bowen RA, Keim P, Currie BJ, Sahl JW, Tuanyok A, Wagner DM. Melioidosis in goats at a single Australian farm was caused by multiple diverse lineages of Burkholderia pseudomallei present in soil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Dec; 18(12):e0012683.

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McClelland SC, Lund J, Dixit T, Hamama S, McClean LA, Spottiswoode CN, White CR, Louder MIM, Hauber ME, Honza M, Portugal SJ. Highly virulent avian brood-parasitic species show elevated embryonic metabolic rates at specific incubation stages compared to less virulent and non-parasitic species. Biol Lett. 2024 Sep; 20(9):20240411.

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Archambaud C, Nunez N, da Silva RAG, Kline KA, Serror P. Enterococcus faecalis: an overlooked cell invader. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2024 Sep 26; 88(3):e0006924.

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Colomer-Winter C, Yong AMH, Chong KKL, Veleba M, Choo PY, Gao IH, Matysik A, Ho FK, Chen SL, Kline KA. The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS Genet. 2024 08; 20(8):e1011071.

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