Virulence

Papers
(The H4-Index of Virulence is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in companion, captive, wild, and farmed animals290
Comparison of Omicron and respiratory virus infections in pediatric liver transplantation: Impact of perioperative identification status247
Recombination events drives the emergence of Colombian Helicobacter pylori subpopulations with self-identity ancestry139
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner113
Deciphering of Candida parapsilosis induced immune response in Drosophila melanogaster97
Streptococcus pyogenes emm 98.1 variants activate inflammatory caspases in human neutrophils93
Pathogenicity and virulence of influenza89
A new gene family (BAPs) of Cotesia bracovirus induces apoptosis of host hemocytes82
Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus79
Study of the relationships among known virulence genes, coccoid transformation and cytotoxicity of Helicobacter pylori in different clinical diseases76
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 promotes the proliferation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus by phosphorylating the nucleocapsid protein67
Predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa65
Convergent and divergent roles of the glucose-responsive kinase SNF4 in Candida tropicalis57
Correction54
Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses53
Letter to the editor (response to Vajro and colleagues)51
Oropouche virus: Understanding “sloth fever” disease dynamics and novel intervention strategies against this emerging neglected tropical disease50
Pathogenicity and virulence of O’nyong-nyong virus: A less studied Togaviridae with pandemic potential50
Identification of Streptococcus suis putative zoonotic virulence factors: A systematic review and genomic meta-analysis49
Orientin mediates protection against MRSA-induced pneumonia by inhibiting Sortase A49
Usingin vivotranscriptomics and RNA enrichment to identify genes involved in virulence ofCandida glabrata49
Host cell transcriptomic response to the multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clonal outbreak Beijing strain reveals its pathogenic features47
Statistical analysis supports UTR (untranslated region) deletion theory in SARS-CoV-247
Ferroptosis is important for Toxoplasma gondii replication and virulence in vitro and in vivo46
Type 2 hypersensitivity disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Graves’ disease, myasthenia gravis, immune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, dermatomyositis45
Plant pathogens provide clues to the potential origin of bat white-nose syndrome Pseudogymnoascus destructans45
Prevalence and clinical significance of HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with and without anti-HBe antibody45
Protection acquired upon intraperitoneal group a Streptococcus immunization is independent of concurrent adaptive immune responses but relies on macrophages and IFN-γ44
Virulence and transmission characteristics of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N6 subtype avian influenza viruses possessing different internal gene constellations43
Hidden liver-joint axis: HBV infection causes rheumatoid arthritis via TRAFD1 with imbalance of HBV X protein and trans-ferulic acid42
Streptococcus suis serotype 5: Emerging zoonotic threat with distinct genomic heterogeneity41
Inhibitory effects of a maleimide compound on the virulence factors of Candida albicans40
Comparative genomic and virulence analyses of a novel sequence type 420 Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus isolated from donkey39
Ctr9 promotes virulence of Candida albicans by regulating methionine metabolism38
Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveal genes involved in the pathogenicity increase of Streptococcus suis epidemic strains38
Pathogenicity and virulence of Francisella tularensis36
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