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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anti-HBc IgM associates with acute flare and HBeAg/HBsAg loss in chronic hepatitis B patients with acute exacerbation329
STA regulates succinylated AflM triggered by SCS to contribute to aflatoxin biosynthesis through the Ach1133
EefR mutations drive sanguinarine resistance by activating cryptic multidrug efflux pumps in AcrB-Null Escherichia coli103
Predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa103
Study of the relationships among known virulence genes, coccoid transformation and cytotoxicity of Helicobacter pylori in different clinical diseases98
Identification of Streptococcus suis putative zoonotic virulence factors: A systematic review and genomic meta-analysis96
Oropouche virus: Understanding “sloth fever” disease dynamics and novel intervention strategies against this emerging neglected tropical disease93
Pathogenicity and virulence of O’nyong-nyong virus: A less studied Togaviridae with pandemic potential93
Letter to the editor (response to Vajro and colleagues)73
Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus66
Correction65
Convergent and divergent roles of the glucose-responsive kinase SNF4 in Candida tropicalis63
Streptococcus pyogenes emm 98.1 variants activate inflammatory caspases in human neutrophils62
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 promotes the proliferation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus by phosphorylating the nucleocapsid protein56
Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses54
Recombination events drives the emergence of Colombian Helicobacter pylori subpopulations with self-identity ancestry54
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner52
Comparison of Omicron and respiratory virus infections in pediatric liver transplantation: Impact of perioperative identification status52
Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in companion, captive, wild, and farmed animals51
A new gene family (BAPs) of Cotesia bracovirus induces apoptosis of host hemocytes51
Usingin vivotranscriptomics and RNA enrichment to identify genes involved in virulence ofCandida glabrata50
Comparative genomic and virulence analyses of a novel sequence type 420 Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus isolated from donkey50
Pathogenicity and virulence of influenza50
Statistical analysis supports UTR (untranslated region) deletion theory in SARS-CoV-247
Genetic insights into the interaction between chronic hepatitis B virus infection and metabolic syndrome47
Ferroptosis is important for Toxoplasma gondii replication and virulence in vitro and in vivo46
Prevalence and clinical significance of HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with and without anti-HBe antibody46
Inhibitory effects of a maleimide compound on the virulence factors of Candida albicans45
Molecular epidemiology of Nakaseomyces glabrata associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis revealed high genetic variability and the presence of novel genotypes in China45
Host cell transcriptomic response to the multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clonal outbreak Beijing strain reveals its pathogenic features42
Ctr9 promotes virulence of Candida albicans by regulating methionine metabolism41
Hidden liver-joint axis: HBV infection causes rheumatoid arthritis via TRAFD1 with imbalance of HBV X protein and trans-ferulic acid40
Type 2 hypersensitivity disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Graves’ disease, myasthenia gravis, immune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, dermatomyositis39
Protection acquired upon intraperitoneal group a Streptococcus immunization is independent of concurrent adaptive immune responses but relies on macrophages and IFN-γ38
Streptococcus suis serotype 5: Emerging zoonotic threat with distinct genomic heterogeneity38
Pathogenicity and virulence of Francisella tularensis37
Virulence and transmission characteristics of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N6 subtype avian influenza viruses possessing different internal gene constellations36
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