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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anti-HBc IgM associates with acute flare and HBeAg/HBsAg loss in chronic hepatitis B patients with acute exacerbation313
STA regulates succinylated AflM triggered by SCS to contribute to aflatoxin biosynthesis through the Ach1273
Predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa159
Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in companion, captive, wild, and farmed animals126
A new gene family (BAPs) of Cotesia bracovirus induces apoptosis of host hemocytes101
Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses101
Pathogenicity and virulence of O’nyong-nyong virus: A less studied Togaviridae with pandemic potential94
Letter to the editor (response to Vajro and colleagues)93
Oropouche virus: Understanding “sloth fever” disease dynamics and novel intervention strategies against this emerging neglected tropical disease91
Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus88
Correction70
Convergent and divergent roles of the glucose-responsive kinase SNF4 in Candida tropicalis64
Streptococcus pyogenes emm 98.1 variants activate inflammatory caspases in human neutrophils64
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 promotes the proliferation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus by phosphorylating the nucleocapsid protein59
EefR mutations drive sanguinarine resistance by activating cryptic multidrug efflux pumps in AcrB-Null Escherichia coli58
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner55
Comparison of Omicron and respiratory virus infections in pediatric liver transplantation: Impact of perioperative identification status51
Usingin vivotranscriptomics and RNA enrichment to identify genes involved in virulence ofCandida glabrata51
Recombination events drives the emergence of Colombian Helicobacter pylori subpopulations with self-identity ancestry51
Study of the relationships among known virulence genes, coccoid transformation and cytotoxicity of Helicobacter pylori in different clinical diseases51
Pathogenicity and virulence of influenza50
Identification of Streptococcus suis putative zoonotic virulence factors: A systematic review and genomic meta-analysis49
Type 2 hypersensitivity disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Graves’ disease, myasthenia gravis, immune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, dermatomyositis48
Hidden liver-joint axis: HBV infection causes rheumatoid arthritis via TRAFD1 with imbalance of HBV X protein and trans-ferulic acid48
Virulence and transmission characteristics of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N6 subtype avian influenza viruses possessing different internal gene constellations46
Protection acquired upon intraperitoneal group a Streptococcus immunization is independent of concurrent adaptive immune responses but relies on macrophages and IFN-γ46
Comparative genomic and virulence analyses of a novel sequence type 420 Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus isolated from donkey45
Streptococcus suis serotype 5: Emerging zoonotic threat with distinct genomic heterogeneity45
Genetic insights into the interaction between chronic hepatitis B virus infection and metabolic syndrome44
Host cell transcriptomic response to the multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clonal outbreak Beijing strain reveals its pathogenic features43
Plant pathogens provide clues to the potential origin of bat white-nose syndrome Pseudogymnoascus destructans43
Statistical analysis supports UTR (untranslated region) deletion theory in SARS-CoV-241
Pathogenicity and virulence of Francisella tularensis39
Prevalence and clinical significance of HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with and without anti-HBe antibody39
Ferroptosis is important for Toxoplasma gondii replication and virulence in vitro and in vivo37
Molecular epidemiology of Nakaseomyces glabrata associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis revealed high genetic variability and the presence of novel genotypes in China36
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