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Poxviruses Utilize Multiple Strategies to Inhibit Apoptosis
Viruses, 2017 Cells have multiple means to induce apoptosis in response to viral infection. Poxviruses must prevent activation of cellular apoptosis to ensure successful replication. These viruses devote a substantial portion of their genome to immune evasion. Many of
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Neutralization Determinants on Poxviruses
Viruses, 2023 Smallpox was a highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus. The disease affected millions of people over thousands of years and variola virus ranked as one of the deadliest viruses in human history. The complete eradication of smallpox in 1980, a major triumph in medicine, was achieved through a global vaccination campaign using a less ...
Riccardo, Vernuccio +1 more
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Adventures with poxviruses of vertebrates [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2000 Because they were the largest of all viruses and could be visualised with a light microscope, the poxviruses were the first viruses to be intensively studied in the laboratory. It was clear from an early date that they caused important diseases of humans and their domestic animals, such as smallpox, cowpox, camelpox, sheeppox, fowlpox and goatpox. This
Fenner, Frank
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Retrospective study of poxviruses diagnosed in cattle from Goiás State, Brazil (2010-2018)
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022 : A retrospective study of poxvirus infections diagnosed in cattle from Goiás state (GO), Brazil, from 2010 to 2018, was performed. All cases have been investigated by the GO Official Veterinary Service (Agrodefesa), from which technical forms and ...
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical BiomedicineThe recently re-emerged mpox (monkeypox) virus that causes mpox disease is a member of genus Orthopoxvirus and has unprecedentedly spread worldwide. Numerous studies have contributed to our understanding of its evolution, pathophysiology, and clinical ...
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Why do poxviruses still matter?
Cell & Bioscience, 2021 Poxviruses comprise many members that infect both vertebrate and invertebrate animals, including humans. Despite the eradication of the historically notorious smallpox, poxviruses remain significant public health concerns and serious endemic diseases ...
Zhilong Yang, Mark Gray, Lake Winter
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BiologyPoxviridae is a family of large, complex, enveloped, and double-stranded DNA viruses. The members of this family are ubiquitous and well known to cause contagious diseases in humans and other types of animals as well. Taxonomically, the poxviridae family
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Pathogens, 2021 Following the WHO announcement of smallpox eradication, discontinuation of smallpox vaccination with vaccinia virus (VACV) was recommended. However, interest in VACV was soon renewed due to the opportunity of genetic engineering of the viral genome by ...
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Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Monkeypox is a zoonotic contagious disease that has recently re-emerged in different countries worldwide. Due to the lack of an effective treatment that eliminates the virus, there is an urgent need to find effective drugs to stop the spread of the multi-
Hisham N. Altayb
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Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2021 The main triggers of new infectious diseases, including those with pandemic potential, are: spontaneous emergence of infectious strains which are more virulent for humans and contribute to transmission of pathogenic microorganisms, environmental changes,
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