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What Was the Primary Mode of Smallpox Transmission? Implications for Biodefense [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
The mode of infection transmission has profound implications for effective containment by public health interventions. The mode of smallpox transmission was never conclusively established.
Donald eMilton, Donald eMilton, Donald eMilton   +2 more
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Monkeypox Virus: Epidemiology, Virology, Diagnosis, Vaccine, and Therapeutics. [PDF]

MedComm (2020)
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research advances in MPXV, with a focused analysis across five core dimensions: epidemiology, virology, diagnosis, vaccine, and therapeutics. The primary objective of this review is to advance the understanding of MPXV and facilitate the development of more effective diagnostic methods ...
Yan Y, Sun Y, Sun G, Niu C, Zhao X, Zhao M, Liu T, Zhang S, Zhai H, Liu A, Yu S, Pan S, Zhong W, Zhang Y, Li S.   +14 more
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History of Smallpox

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003
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P N Shrestha
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Remaining Questions about Clinical Variola Major

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
After the recent summary of World Health Organization–authorized research on smallpox, several clinical issues remain. This policy review addresses whether early hemorrhagic smallpox is disseminated intravascular coagulation and speculates about the ...
J. Michael Lane
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The origins and genomic diversity of American Civil War Era smallpox vaccine strains

Genome Biology, 2020
Vaccination has transformed public health, most notably including the eradication of smallpox. Despite its profound historical importance, little is known of the origins and diversity of the viruses used in smallpox vaccination.
Ana T. Duggan, Jennifer Klunk, Ashleigh F. Porter, Anna N. Dhody, Robert Hicks, Geoffrey L. Smith, Margaret Humphreys, Andrea M. McCollum, Whitni B. Davidson, Kimberly Wilkins, Yu Li, Amanda Burke, Hanna Polasky, Lowell Flanders, Debi Poinar, Amogelang R. Raphenya, Tammy T. Y. Lau, Brian Alcock, Andrew G. McArthur, G. Brian Golding, Edward C. Holmes, Hendrik N. Poinar   +21 more
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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, Sergei N. Shchelkunov   +1 more
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Urban inoculation and the decline of smallpox mortality in eighteenth-century cities-a reply to Razzell. [PDF]

, 2015
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain but was reduced to a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century due to vaccination programmes post-1798.
Boulton, Jeremy, Davenport, Romola J, Schwarz, Leonard   +2 more
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Progression of pathogenic events in cynomolgus macaques infected with variola virus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Smallpox, caused by variola virus (VARV), is a devastating human disease that affected millions worldwide until the virus was eradicated in the 1970 s.
Victoria Wahl-Jensen, Jennifer A Cann, Kathleen H Rubins, John W Huggins, Robert W Fisher, Anthony J Johnson, Fabian de Kok-Mercado, Thomas Larsen, Jo Lynne Raymond, Lisa E Hensley, Peter B Jahrling   +10 more
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Struggling to a monumental triumph : Re-assessing the final stages of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980 [PDF]

, 2007
The global smallpox program is generally presented as the brainchild of a handful of actors from the WHO headquarters in Geneva and at the agency's regional offices.
Basu, R. N, Bonne W, Bonne W, Brilliant L. B, Brilliant L. B, Dutta Mahendra, Dutta Mahendra, Grasset N, Grasset N, Grasset N, Grasset N, Grasset N, Grasset N. c, Greenough P, Gunaratne V.T.H, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Henderson D.A, Jungalwalla N.K, Mahler H, Maltseva N, Mani C, Naraindas Harish, Payne A.M.H, Pifer John M, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Singh Mahendra   +33 more
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Rethinking Smallpox [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004
The potential consequences of a competently executed smallpox attack have not been adequately considered by policy makers. The possibility of release of an aerosolized and/or bioengineered virus must be anticipated and planned for. The transmission and infectivity of variola virus are examined.
Martin M, Weiss, Peter D, Weiss, Glenn, Mathisen, Phyllis, Guze   +3 more
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