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Orthopoxvirus DNA in Eurasian Lynx, Sweden [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Cowpox virus, which has been used to protect humans against smallpox but may cause severe disease in immunocompromised persons, has reemerged in humans, domestic cats, and other animal species in Europe.
Morten Tryland +5 more
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Determination of the minimal level of neutralizing antibodies elicited following vaccination able to protect rabbits against virulent cowpox virus [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundSerological assessment of antibody levels is a crucial measure of immunity in vaccinated animals. Establishing the level of antibodies considered protective is essential for vaccine standardization and evaluation of efficacy.
Muratbay Mambetaliyev +4 more
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Cowpox virus: What’s in a Name?
Viruses, 2017 Traditionally, virus taxonomy relied on phenotypic properties; however, a sequence-based virus taxonomy has become essential since the recent requirement of a species to exhibit monophyly.
Matthew R Mauldin +2 more
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Cowpox: How dangerous could it be for humans? Case report
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 Cowpox is a rare zoonosis transmitted to humans mainly from cats. The disease usually causes skin lesions; however, the ocular form may lead to other serious complications.We describe a case of cowpox in a rare location of the upper eyelid of an ...
Dagny C. Krankowska +7 more
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The Pockmarked Face of the Comte de Mirabeau [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAndreas G. Nerlich +3 more
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Genomic expression libraries for the identification of cross-reactive orthopoxvirus antigens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Increasing numbers of human cowpox virus infections that are being observed and that particularly affect young non-vaccinated persons have renewed interest in this zoonotic disease.
Lilija Miller +4 more
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Cowpox after a cat scratch – case report from Poland
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015 Cowpox in humans is a rare zoonotic disease; its recognition is therefore problematic due to the lack of clinical experience. The differential diagnosis includes other poxvirus infections and also infections with herpesviruses or selected bacteria.
Karolina Świtaj +3 more
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Monkeypox: A Little-Studied Biological Threat to Russia
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023 Monkeypox is a natural focal zoonosis of rodents and monkeys living in the Congo Valley (clade CB) and West Africa (clade WA). The special interest in monkeypox is due to its pandemic spread, which began in May 2022.
M. V. Supotnitskiy
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Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, Germany
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 We describe a cluster of cowpox virus (CPXV) infections in humans that occurred near Munich, Germany, around the beginning of 2009. Previously, only sporadic reports of CPXV infections in humans after direct contact with various animals had been ...
Hartmut Campe +11 more
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Chasing Jenner's vaccine: revisiting cowpox virus classification. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Cowpox virus (CPXV) is described as the source of the first vaccine used to prevent the onset and spread of an infectious disease. It is one of the earliest described members of the genus Orthopoxvirus, which includes the viruses that cause smallpox and ...
Darin S Carroll +16 more
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