A pathogen's ability to infect or damage its host tissues is determined by the virulence factors. These are often molecules synthesized by bacteria or viruses and encoded in their genome, but they may ...

Streptococcus suis represents a significant zoonotic pathogen with profound implications for both animal and human health. This Gram‐positive bacterium primarily affects swine populations, but its ...

The enzyme Sortase A plays a critical role in the virulence of Gram-positive bacteria by covalently anchoring surface proteins to the peptidoglycan cell wall. These surface proteins, which include ...

Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the universities of Zaragoza and Kansas (USA), have managed to describe hitherto unknown processes that allow us to understand the ...

Groundbreaking Data Announced during Poster Presentations at Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2021 and Being Published in Upcoming August Issue of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease ...

Despite significant medical advances over the past 25 years, infectious diseases remain a major global health challenge, ...

Researchers have discovered a new function of antibiotic resistant bacteria. LecB of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterial virulence factor that impairs signaling of growth factor receptors- in other ...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in children aged <5 years with diarrhoea, but little is known about risk factors, aetiology and outcome of such children. We aimed to evaluate these knowledge ...

A bacterial pathogen that causes strep throat and other illnesses cloaks itself in fragments of red blood cells to evade detection by the host immune system, according to a new study. The researchers ...

Competition and antagonism are as much a part of microbial life as ours. The evolution of secretory systems that enable some bacteria to bombard their neighbors with toxins holds an obvious advantage ...