Virulence | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Virulence is a ’s ability to cause disease. It determines the degree of pathogenicity.

Detailed description

Virulence is determined through virulence factors of the , which help the pathogen to spread within the infected host.

The cell envelope sugar polymer wall teichoic acid (WTA) of Staphylococcus aureus plays a role in the development of skin infections. A strong immune reaction accelerates the formation of an abscess

Scientists decipher a mechanism in serious skin infections

Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) have been able to demonstrate that sugar polymers on the outer cell envelope of Staphylococcus aureus mean

Mar 2018

Sci Rep

In vivo virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on a single homologue of the LytR-CpsA-Psr proteins

Autoren

Malm S et al.

May 2018

Front Microbiol.

GvmR – A Novel LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator Involved in Virulence and Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Autoren

Duong LT et al.