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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.
af Segerstad, C.H., Morner, T., Okeke, M. I., Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre, Traavik, T., Tryland, M.   +5 more
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Gene duplication, gene loss, and recombination events with variola virus shaped the complex evolutionary path of historical American horsepox-based smallpox vaccines

mBio, 2023
Vaccinia virus is the active component of all modern smallpox vaccines after the mid-20th century, but it is uncertain to what extent cowpox, vaccinia, and horsepox viruses were used to produce vaccines before then.
Aline R. V. Souza, Annika Brinkmann, José Esparza, Andreas Nitsche, Clarissa R. Damaso   +4 more
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The French Armed Forces Virology Unit: A Chronological Record of Ongoing Research on Orthopoxvirus

Viruses, 2017
Since the official declaration of smallpox eradication in 1980, the general population vaccination has ceased worldwide. Therefore, people under 40 year old are generally not vaccinated against smallpox and have no cross protection against orthopoxvirus ...
Déborah Delaune, Frédéric Iseni, Audrey Ferrier-Rembert, Christophe N. Peyrefitte, Olivier Ferraris   +4 more
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From actually toxic to highly specific – novel drugs against poxviruses [PDF]

, 2007
The potential use of variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, as a bioweapon and the endemic presence of monkeypox virus in Africa demonstrate the need for better therapies for orthopoxvirus infections. Chemotherapeutic approaches to control viral
Sliva, Katja, Schnierle, Barbara
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Ectromelia Virus Infections of Mice as a Model to Support the Licensure of Anti-Orthopoxvirus Therapeutics

Viruses, 2010
The absence of herd immunity to orthopoxviruses and the concern that variola or monkeypox viruses could be used for bioterroristic activities has stimulated the development of therapeutics and safer prophylactics.
R. Mark Buller, Jill Schriewer, George Painter, Akbar M. Siddiqui, Scott Parker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global health emergency of monkeypox after COVID-19: A narrative review

Journal of Surgical Specialties and Rural Practice, 2022
Global hit by coronavirus is followed by another public health emergency known as monkeypox (MPX) that is a rare disease and yet has presented with sudden and wide geographic distribution.
Prachi Jain, Manu Rathee, Akanksha Gopal Shetye, S Rajesh Divakar, Sandeep Singh, Sarthak Singh Tomar   +5 more
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Vaccinia Virus Infection in Monkeys, Brazilian Amazon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
To detect orthopoxvirus in the Brazilian Amazon, we conducted a serosurvey of 344 wild animals. Neutralizing antibodies against orthopoxvirus were detected by plaque-reduction neutralizing tests in 84 serum samples.
Jônatas S. Abrahão, André T. Silva-Fernandes, Larissa S. Lima, Rafael K. Campos, Maria I.M.C. Guedes, Marcela M.G. Cota, Felipe L. Assis, Iara A. Borges, Milton F. Souza-Júnior, Zélia I.P. Lobato, Cláudio A. Bonjardim, Paulo C.P. Ferreira, Giliane S. Trindade, Erna G.   +13 more
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A Game-Theoretic Model of Monkeypox to Assess Vaccination Strategies [PDF]

, 2020
A Game-Theoretic Model of Monkeypox to Assess Vaccination Strategies Sri Vibhaav Bankaru, Depts. of Biomedical Engineering, Math, & Chemistry, Samuel Kossol, William Hou, & Parsa Mahmoudi, with Dr. Jan Rychtar, Dept.
Bankaru, Sri Vibhaav, Hou, William, Kossol, Samuel, Mahmoudi, Parsa, Rychtar, Jan   +4 more
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Epidemiologic and Ecologic Investigations of Monkeypox, Likouala Department, Republic of the Congo, 2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Monkeypox, caused by a zoonotic orthopoxvirus, is endemic in Central and West Africa. Monkeypox has been sporadically reported in the Republic of the Congo. During March 22–April 5, 2017, we investigated 43 suspected human monkeypox cases. We interviewed
Reena H. Doshi, Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo, Jeffrey B. Doty, Angelie Dzabatou Babeaux, Audrey Matheny, Jillybeth Burgado, Michael B. Townsend, Clint N. Morgan, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Nestor Ndakala, Therese Kanjingankolo, Lambert Kitembo, Jean Malekani, Lem’s Kalemba, Elisabeth Pukuta, Tobi N’kaya, Fabien Kangoula, Cynthia Moses, Andrea M. McCollum, Mary G. Reynolds, Jean-Vivien Mombouli, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Brett W. Petersen   +22 more
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Animal infections by vaccinia-like viruses in the state of Rio de Janeiro: an expanding disease Infecções animais por vírus semelhantes ao vaccínia no estado do Rio de Janeiro: uma doença em expansão

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009
In the present study we investigated the presence of infections by vaccinia-like viruses in dairy cattle from 12 counties in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the last 9 years.
Hermann G. Schatzmayr, Bruno R. Simonetti, Danielle C. Abreu, José P. Simonetti, Sandra R. Simonetti, Renata V.C. Costa, Márcia Cristina R. Gonçalves, Paulo Sérgio D'Andréa, Marconny Gerhardt, Manuel E. Vieira Silva, José C. Farias-Filho, Ortrud M. Barth   +11 more
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