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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Microbial Virulence Factors.

Jorge H Leitão

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The antivirulence effect of 5-iodoindole onCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jorge H LeitãoIBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Bioengineering, Universidade de Lisboa. Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8850-274X
University of Lisbon · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04565/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial virulence factors encompass a wide range of molecules produced by pathogenic microorganisms, enhancing their ability to evade their host defenses and cause disease [...].

Indexed as

BacteriaHumansVirulenceVirulence FactorsVirulence Factorsbacterial pathogensfungal pathogensmicrobial virulence factorspathogenicity

Identifiers

PMID32727013
PMCPMC7432612
OpenAlexW3045060845

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Registered trials

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