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Rapid and high-throughput pan-Orthopoxvirus detection and identification using PCR and mass spectrometry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 The genus Orthopoxvirus contains several species of related viruses, including the causative agent of smallpox (Variola virus). In addition to smallpox, several other members of the genus are capable of causing human infection, including monkeypox ...
Mark W Eshoo +16 more
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Monkeypox: An alarming global health emergency
APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 Monkeypox (MPX) virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes human MPX, a viral disease with symptoms indistinguishable to smallpox, which includes fever and rash.
Vasantha Kamath +2 more
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Skin lesions caused by Orthopoxvirus in children
Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 2020 The global eradication of smallpox and abandonment of mandatory smallpox vaccination has led to an increased proportion of the population who are immunologically naïve to infections caused by Orthopoxviruses (OPV).To present the different courses of OPV infection in children and to highlight the diagnostic difficulties in their differentiation from the
Mazur-Melewska, Katarzyna +7 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a human pathogenic virus that belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. In 2022, MPXV caused an unprecedented number of infections in many countries.
Junxia Feng +18 more
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Orthopoxvirus DNA in Eurasian Lynx, Sweden
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. Orthopoxvirus (OPV) DNA was detected in tissues (lung, kidney, spleen) in 24 (9%) of 263 free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Sweden. Thymidine
Tryland, Morten +5 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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Microorganisms, 2023 Mpox—formerly monkeypox—is a re-emerging zoonotic virus disease, with large numbers of human cases reported during multi-country outbreaks in 2022. The close similarities in clinical symptoms that Mpox shares with many orthopoxvirus (OPXV) diseases make ...
Ravendra P. Chauhan +2 more
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Clinical and computed tomography findings of fatal poxviral vasculitis in a domestic shorthair cat
Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026.Abstract This report describes the clinical presentation, haematological abnormalities and imaging findings of systemic poxvirus infection in a cat that resulted in widespread severe dermal oedema and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. The cat lacked cutaneous lesions before the onset of dermal oedema, but developed crusting skin lesions and a ...
Mica Taylor +5 more
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Fatal Cowpox Virus Infection in Human Fetus, France, 2017
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Cowpox virus (CPXV) has an animal reservoir and is typically transmitted to humans by contact with infected animals. In 2017, CPXV infection of a pregnant woman in France led to the death of her fetus.
Audrey Ferrier +10 more
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MedComm, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2026.This study identified covert infection of MPXV among people living with HIV and MPXV‐IgA was the effective indicator. The combined use of two antigen protein set of MPXV (B6R plus E8L and E8L plus H3L) yield IgA test results comparable to those obtained with the MPXV.
Rui Song +12 more
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