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Mycobacterium bovis BCG-mediated protection against W-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is diminished concomitant with the emergence of regulatory T cells.

Cell wall chitosan is necessary for virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

Generation of a genotype VII Newcastle disease virus vaccine candidate with high yield in embryonated chicken eggs.

[Macrolides in antibiotic therapy of infections of the bronchial tree].

Serologic and virologic survey for evidence of infection with velogenic Newcastle disease virus in Chinese duck farms.

Evolution of re-emergent virus and its impact on enterovirus 71 epidemics.

Differential host determinants contribute to the pathogenesis of 2009 pandemic H1N1 and human H5N1 influenza A viruses in experimental mouse models.

Colonization of turbot tissues by virulent and avirulent Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida strains during infection.

FrsA functions as a cofactor-independent decarboxylase to control metabolic flux. LID - 10.1038/nchembio.589 [doi]

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: dental plaque bacterial interactions can affect the virulence properties of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans.

Sporangiospore size dimorphism is linked to virulence of Mucor circinelloides.

Emergence of herpes simplex virus-1 syncytial variants with altered virulence for mice after selection with a natural carrageenan.

Characterization of the RcsC sensor kinase from Erwinia amylovora and other Enterobacteria.

[Not every abdominal discomfort is EHEC: when is truly threatening (interview by Dr. med. Brigitte Moreano)].

Nucleosome occupancy at transcription start sites in the human malaria parasite: a hard-wired evolution of virulence?

How Staphylococcus aureus adapts to its host.

Feline calicivirus-associated virulent systemic disease: not necessarily a local epizootic problem.

Knockout mutation of p27-p55 operon severely reduces replication of Mycobacterium bovis in a macrophagic cell line and survival in a mouse model of infection.

Intrafamilial aggregation of gastric cancer: a comprehensive approach including environmental factors, Helicobacter pylori virulence, and genetic susceptibility.

Virulence attributes of Helicobacter pylori isolates their association with gastroduodenal disease.