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Smallpox, Monkeypox and Other Human Orthopoxvirus Infections
Viruses, 2022 Considering that vaccination against smallpox with live vaccinia virus led to serious adverse effects in some cases, the WHO, after declaration of the global eradication of smallpox in 1980, strongly recommended to discontinue the vaccination in all ...
Galina A. Shchelkunova +1 more
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Animal Models of Orthopoxvirus Infection
Veterinary Pathology, 2010 Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. Although smallpox was eradicated through a historically successful vaccination campaign, there is concern in the global community that either Variola virus (VARV), the causative agent ...
J. L. Chapman +3 more
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Non-Human Primate Models of Orthopoxvirus Infections
Veterinary Sciences, 2014 Smallpox, one of the most destructive diseases, has been successfully eradicated through a worldwide vaccination campaign. Since immunization programs have been stopped, the number of people with vaccinia virus induced immunity is declining.
Anne Schmitt +2 more
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Orthopoxvirus Infections in Rodents, Nigeria, 2018–2019
, 2023 To investigate animal reservoirs of monkeypox virus in Nigeria, we sampled 240 rodents during 2018–2019. Molecular (real-time PCR) and serologic (IgM) evidence indicated orthopoxvirus infections, but presence of monkeypox virus was not confirmed.
Audrey Matheny +31 more
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Human Monkeypox without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure, California, USA, 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 We report human monkeypox in a man who returned to the United States from the United Kingdom and reported no sexual contact. He had vesicular and pustular skin lesions but no anogenital involvement.
Abraar Karan +6 more
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Skin lesions caused by Orthopoxvirus, cowpox - case report from Poland
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Background:Despite the elimination of smallpox, other orthopoxviruses, including cowpox virus, still infect humans. Wild rodents are its natural reservoir.
Konrad Kania +4 more
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Detecting, Quantifying, and Isolating Monkeypox Virus in Suspected Cases, Spain
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 When a monkeypox virus outbreak began in several parts of the world in May 2022, timely and accurate diagnosis became mandatory. In our laboratory, a real-time quantitative PCR was designed and evaluated in several patient samples and compared with ...
Marta E. Álvarez Argüelles +9 more
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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 +22 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +5 more
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