Cowpox Viruses: A Zoo Full of Viral Diversity and Lurking Threats
Biomolecules, 2023 Cowpox viruses (CPXVs) exhibit the broadest known host range among the Poxviridae family and have caused lethal outbreaks in various zoo animals and pets across 12 Eurasian countries, as well as an increasing number of human cases.
Ryan C. Bruneau +2 more
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Zoonotic Virus Seroprevalence among Bank Voles, Poland, 2002–2010
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Bank voles in Poland are reservoirs of zoonotic viruses. To determine seroprevalence of hantavirus, arenavirus, and cowpox virus and factors affecting seroprevalence, we screened for antibodies against these viruses over 9 years.
Maciej Grzybek +13 more
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Genome-wide comparison of cowpox viruses reveals a new clade related to Variola virus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Zoonotic infections caused by several orthopoxviruses (OPV) like monkeypox virus or vaccinia virus have a significant impact on human health. In Europe, the number of diagnosed infections with cowpox viruses (CPXV) is increasing in animals as well as in ...
Piotr Wojtek Dabrowski +3 more
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Epidemiology and fitness effects of wood mouse herpesvirus in a natural host population [PDF]
, 2012 Rodent gammaherpesviruses have become important models for understanding human herpesvirus diseases. In particular, interactions between murid herpesvirus 4 and Mus musculus (a non-natural host species) have been extensively studied under controlled ...
Amy B. Pedersen +12 more
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Rat-to-Human Transmission of Cowpox Infection
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl’s virus. Our case
Tom F.W. Wolfs +3 more
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Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus for safe nucleic acid tests [PDF]
, 2016 Rapid bedside inactivation of Ebola virus would be a solution for the safety of medical and technical staff, risk containment, sample transport and high-throughput or rapid diagnostic testing during an outbreak.
Bragstad, Karoline +9 more
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Vaccines in Current Culture: The HPV Vaccine Controversy [PDF]
, 2020 The use of vaccinations has drastically decreased mortality and morbidity rates related to infectious disease and has become an intrinsic part of modern health care.
Johnston, Alyssa
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A human genome-wide loss-of-function screen identifies effective chikungunya antiviral drugs [PDF]
, 2016 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a globally spreading alphavirus against which there is no commercially available vaccine or therapy. Here we use a genome-wide siRNA screen to identify 156 proviral and 41 antiviral host factors affecting CHIKV replication ...
Berre, Stefano +16 more
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Vaccinia protein C16 blocks innate immune sensing of DNA by binding the Ku complex [PDF]
, 2011 VACV gene C16L encodes a 37-kDa protein that is highly conserved in orthopoxviruses and functions as an immunomodulator. Intranasal infection of mice with a virus lacking C16L (vΔC16) induced less weight loss, fewer signs of illness and increased ...
Peters, Nicholas Edward +1 more
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Vaccinia virus immune evasion: mechanisms, virulence and immunogenicity [PDF]
, 2013 Virus infection of mammalian cells is sensed by pattern recognition receptors and leads to an innate immune response that restricts virus replication and induces adaptive immunity.
Benfield, C T O +6 more
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