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This explains why antibiotics failed me time and time again: They selected for the resistant and hypervirulent strains of C. acnes.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025

Not so for Klebsiella, says Riesbeck, whose team describes in the Journal of Infection “alarmingly” hypervirulent XDR and pandrug-resistant Klebsiella strains isolated from wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

The newly discovered A. odysseus is found in two hypervirulent strains of the T. gondii parasite, referred to as RUB and COUGAR.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2024

Researchers are investigating ways to tell these listeria strains apart, distinguishing the less harmful ones from those that are particularly dangerous, or hypervirulent.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2022

His paper, published Thursday in PLoS Pathogens, reported that detailed genetic analyses had revealed that two strains of C. gattii, a fungus that typically lives in trees and soil, had become hypervirulent.

From Time • Apr. 23, 2010