Does the COVID-19 XBB Omicron subvariant signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic? by Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Abdurrahmaan Al-Mubaarak, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

“…All pandemic viruses have eventually adapted to human hosts so that they become more transmissible and less virulent. The XBB Omicron subvariant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Singapore from October 2022 and is one of several variants circulating globally with the potential to dominate autumn/winter waves in different countries. …”
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Biscogniauxia (Hypoxylon) Canker or Dieback in Trees by Claudia Paez, Jason A. Smith

“…Typically, species of Biscogniauxia are opportunistic pathogens that do not affect healthy and vigorous trees; some species are more virulent than others. However, once they infect trees under stress (water stress, root disease, soil compaction, construction damage etc.) they can quickly colonize the host. …”
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Biscogniauxia (Hypoxylon) Canker or Dieback in Trees by Claudia Paez, Jason A. Smith

“…Typically, species of Biscogniauxia are opportunistic pathogens that do not affect healthy and vigorous trees; some species are more virulent than others. However, once they infect trees under stress (water stress, root disease, soil compaction, construction damage etc.) they can quickly colonize the host. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Shigellosis by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“…Disease occurs when virulent Shigella organisms are consumed and invade the intestinal mucosa, resulting in tissue destruction. …”
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Rome ou la solution à tous les problèmes européens : Georg Moenius et le concept de romanité durant l´entre-deux-guerres by Joris Lehnert

“…This article focuses on the ideas of the Bavarian priest Georg Moenius who saw the Roman Catholic Church as the necessary tool to spiritually restore the European civilization in times of the crisis of the interwar period. Pacifist and virulent opponent of all nationalism (and soon especially of the national-socialism), he took leave of his diocese and expressed his thoughts through travel books containing his impressions of Italy and of France. …”
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The Forgotten : tentative de réappropriation aborigène de l’histoire australienne by Virginie BERNARD

“…In recent decades, many historians and anthropologists have dedicated their research to such repressed histories, provoking virulent reactions among conservative scholars and politicians opposed to a rewriting of history which questions the Australian national narrative and identity. …”
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Ehrlichiosis in a Recent Liver Transplant Recipient Leading to Multiorgan Failure by Fawwaz Almajali, Catherine Oleary, Taylor Hallcox, Justin Lok, Daniela Hermelin, Alexis Guenette, Mustafa Nazzal

“…While Ehrlichia often presents as a mild form of the disease in immunocompetent patients, immunosuppressed patients are at increased risk for a more virulent and potentially fatal infection. Our liver transplant patient presented with fever, persistent headaches, and negative Ehrlichia antibodies. …”
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Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Complicating Pregnancy by Sara Raiser, Kathryn Davidson, Ashley Walsh, Robert Egerman

“…Staphylococcus can be particularly virulent to bone and joints leading to adverse obstetric events. …”
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Modalités de diffusion et rhétoriques des discours misogynes et misogames imprimés à la Renaissance by Tatiana Clavier

“…Not only misogynistic writers contested or scoffed at arguments in favour of women, but the most virulent among them also pretended to be alongside women or found excuses to disparage them. …”
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Structurer, affirmer son identité : stratégies identitaires des fans LGBT de l’Eurovision au cours de la pandémie de Covid-19 by Oranie Abbes

“…The Eurovision Song Contest is subject to virulent criticism from the artistic and intellectual elites. …”
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Morpho-cultural, pathogenic, and genetic characterization of Indian isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot in soybean by Laxman Singh Rajput, Sanjeev Kumar, Kriti Pathak, Palak Acharya, Divyanshu Goswami, Vennampally Nataraj, Maranna Shivakumar, Hemant Singh Maheshwari, Saloni Mandloi, Sapna Jaiswal, Asha Yadav, Raksha Vishwakarma

“…Pathogenic variability analysis has revealed region specific most virulent isolate from diverse agroecological regions of India. …”
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Multiple Gene Deletion Mutants of Equine Herpesvirus 1 Exhibit Strong Protective Efficacy Against Wild Virus Challenge in a Murine Model by Stephanie S. Pradhan, Vekataramireddy Balena, Bidhan Chandra Bera, Taruna Anand, Rhushikesh Khetmalis, Aashwina Madhwal, Supriya Kandasamy, Selvaraj Pavulraj, Manju Bernela, Priya Mor, Bhupendra Nath Tripathi, Nitin Virmani

“…The present study aimed to determine the safety and protective efficacy of the above mutants against a virulent EHV1 challenge in a murine model. Methods: BALB/c mice were intranasally immunized with a live vToH-QMV or vToH-DMV vaccine. …”
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Development of a horizontal transmission model to assess the effects of exposure to pathogenic E. cecorum during the hatching phase in broiler chickens by James Higuita, Marcela Arango, Aaron Forga, Mitch Rowland, Jundi Liu, Ross Wolfenden, Danielle Graham

“…Due to the emergence of virulent Enterococcus cecorum (EC) in young broiler chicken flocks, the transmissibility of EC during late embryogenesis needs to be defined. …”
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Study of bacterial susceptibility to antibiotic and phage combinations: a literature review by Olga E. Punchenko, Vladimir V. Gostev, Elizaveta V. Punchenko, Marina V. Savchenko

“…The mechanisms of this phenomenon have not been fully studied, but it has been proven that not only virulent but also moderate phages can enter into synergy with antibiotics, allowing the minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic to be reduced several times. …”
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Motion – Helicobacter pylori Causes or Worsens GERD: Arguments against the Motion by Kenneth EL McColl

“…Data from large epidemiological studies show that Helicobacter pylori is less prevalent in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) than in control subjects. The more virulent cagA-positive strains of the organism are also less commonly seen in patients with erosive esophagitis and in those with Barrett's esophagus than in those with less severe forms of GERD. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF STEM RUST RESISTANCE SOURCES IN WHEAT BY USING MOLECULAR MARKERS by A. M. Kokhmetova, M. N. Atishova

“…Race Ug99 of P. graminis f. sp. tritici (pathotype TTKS) is virulent to the majority of wheat varieties. According to FAO reports, major wheat-producing countries to the east of Iran (Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) are greatly endangered. …”
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Scedosporium prolificans Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis of the Hip Joints in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Luca Daniele, Michael Le, Adam Franklin Parr, Lochlin Mark Brown

“…This species is highly virulent and is an emerging opportunistic pathogen found in penetrating injuries in immunocompromised patients. …”
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The impact of climate change on the epidemiology of fungal infections: implications for diagnosis, treatment, and public health strategies by Mary E. George, Tonisha T. Gaitor, David B. Cluck, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Nicholas R. Sells, Daniel B. Chastain

“…Specifically, increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events are influencing fungal growth, distribution, and virulence. These factors may expand the geographic range of pathogenic fungi, exposing populations to novel, potentially more virulent, or drug-resistant strains. …”
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Lornoxicam Side Effects May Lead to Surgical Mismanagement, in Case of Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Collection: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mohammad Bukhetan Alharbi

“…We initially suspected infection caused by a highly virulent type of bacteria and planned to perform percutaneous drainage. …”
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The Clinical Understaging of Recurrent Glottic Carcinoma after Radiation Failure by Moustafa Mourad, Sami P. Moubayed, Ilya Likhterov, Mark Urken

“…Difficulties in appropriate tumor mapping, preoperative analysis, and poor understanding of the virulent pathologic nature of the recurrence may impede surgical decision-making. …”
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