A pathogen has four jobs to do. Attach, evade the defenses, damage the host, and spread into tissue. Each job needs its own virulence factor, and every factor is one molecule a drug or a vaccine can target. Equip a microbe, run the attack stage by stage, and find out exactly where it stalls.
The attack, step by steppress Step
Stage reached
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Virulence score
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Factors equipped
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The four jobs a pathogen has to do
The virulence factor toolkitequip a microbe, then run the attack
The cell wall this microbe has
Four jobs, four groups of tools. Attach or be washed away. Evade or be eaten. Damage or do nothing. Spread or stay put. Every tool is one molecule, and every molecule is a target.