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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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Health Science Reports, 2022 Background and aims There is a sought for vaccines and antiviral agents as countermeasures for the recent monkeypox outbreak. Here, we aimed to review and discuss the repurposing potentials of smallpox vaccines and drugs in monkeypox outbreaks based on ...
Md. Rabiul Islam +6 more
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Influence of Population Immunosuppression and Past Vaccination on Smallpox Reemergence
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We built a SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered) model of smallpox transmission for New York, New York, USA, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that accounted for age-specific population immunosuppression and residual vaccine immunity and
C. Raina MacIntyre +7 more
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Smallpox in the Post-Eradication Era
Viruses, 2020 Widespread vaccination programmes led to the global eradication of smallpox, which was certified by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and, since 1978, there has been no case of smallpox anywhere in the world.
Hermann Meyer +2 more
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The Role of Brincidofovir in Preparation for a Potential Smallpox Outbreak
Viruses, 2017 Smallpox (variola) virus is considered a Category A bioterrorism agent due to its ability to spread rapidly and the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with infection. Current recommendations recognize the importance of oral antivirals and call
Scott A. Foster +2 more
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Are We Prepared in Case of a Possible Smallpox-Like Disease Emergence?
Viruses, 2017 Smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated, through a concerted vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization. Since its eradication, routine vaccination against smallpox has ceased, leaving the world population susceptible to ...
Victoria A. Olson, Sergei N. Shchelkunov
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 Certain laboratorians and health care personnel can be exposed to orthopoxviruses through occupational activities. Because orthopoxvirus infections resulting from occupational exposures can be serious, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...
A. Rao +10 more
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Duration of humoral immunity from smallpox vaccination and its cross-reaction with Mpox virus
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 The ongoing pandemic caused by mpox virus (MPXV) has become an international public health emergency that poses a significant threat to global health. The vaccinia virus Tiantan strain (VTT) was used to vaccinate against smallpox in China 42 years ago ...
Entao Li +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 In early 2022, a cluster of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection (mpox) cases were identified within the UK with no prior travel history to MPXV-endemic regions.
A. Otter +26 more
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Reviews in Medical Virology, 2023 Monkeypox is an emerging threat to humans since a new outbreak in May 2022. It is hypothesised that increasing the immunologically naive population after the cessation of the smallpox vaccination campaign in the 1980s is one of the leading causes of it ...
Fahima Akter +7 more
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