Bacterial virulence is highly dynamic and context-dependent. For this reason, it is
challenging to predict how molecular changes affect the growth of a pathogen in a host and …

A bacterial pathogen is a highly adapted microorganism which has the capacity to cause
disease. The mechanisms used by pathogenic bacteria to cause infection and disease …

o expres expression studies reveal many bacterial genes that contribute to the fitness of the
organism in the context of host ecology. This collection of virulence genes defines the …

Bacterial pathogens employ a number of genetic strategies to cause infection and,
occasionally, disease in their hosts. Many of these virulence factors and their regulatory …

It has been more than two decades since the formulation of the so‐called 'trade‐
off'hypothesis as an alternative to the then commonly accepted idea that parasites should …

The fitness of most pathogenic microorganisms depends on transmission from host to host.
This requires adaptation for dissemination, translocation and survival between hosts, as well …

Bacteria evolved many strategies to survive and persist within host cells. Secretion of
bacterial effectors enables bacteria not only to enter the host cell but also to manipulate host …

The molecular approach to microbial pathogenesis has resulted in an impressive amount of
data on bacterial virulence genes. Bacterial genome sequences rapidly add candidate …

Human history cannot be understood well without understanding the causes and
consequences of human disease. This fact has become amply apparent over the past few …

It is common knowledge that pathogenic viruses can change hosts, with avian influenza, the
HIV, and the causal agent of variant Creutzfeldt–Jacob encephalitis as well-known …