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The origins and genomic diversity of American Civil War Era smallpox vaccine strains

open access: yesGenome 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   +21 more
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Smallpox, Monkeypox and Other Human Orthopoxvirus Infections

open access: yesViruses, 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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Remaining Questions about Clinical Variola Major

open access: yesEmerging 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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Progression of pathogenic events in cynomolgus macaques infected with variola virus. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +10 more
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The rediscovery of smallpox [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Microbiology and Infection, 2014
Smallpox is an infectious disease that is unique to humans, caused by a poxvirus. It is one of the most lethal of diseases; the virus variant Variola major has a mortality rate of 30%. People surviving this disease have life-long consequences, but also assured immunity. Historically, smallpox was recognized early in human populations.
Thèves, Catherine   +2 more
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Patterns of smallpox mortality in London, England, over three centuries.

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2020
Smallpox is unique among infectious diseases in the degree to which it devastated human populations, its long history of control interventions, and the fact that it has been successfully eradicated.
Olga Krylova, David J D Earn
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Reflections on Dr J Michael Lane, a giant of public health (1936-2020)

open access: yesGlobal Biosecurity, 2020
Reflections on Dr J Michael Lane (1936-2020) a global leader in smallpox eradication and the Director of Smallpox Eradication at the US CDC. Dr Lane was an alumnus of the US CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service and had worked in global health on control ...
C Raina MacIntyre
doaj   +1 more source

Phase-out of smallpox vaccination and the female/male HIV-1 prevalence ratio: an ecological study from Guinea-Bissau

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective In Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, we observed that having a smallpox vaccination scar was associated with lower HIV-1 prevalence, more strongly for women than men.
Marie Villumsen   +8 more
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Efficacy of CMX001 as a Prophylactic and Presymptomatic Antiviral Agent in New Zealand White Rabbits Infected with Rabbitpox Virus, a Model for Orthopoxvirus Infections of Humans

open access: yesViruses, 2011
CMX001, a lipophilic nucleotide analog formed by covalently linking 3‑(hexdecyloxy)propan-1-ol to cidofovir (CDV), is being developed as a treatment for smallpox.
Richard W. Moyer   +7 more
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Repositioning potentials of smallpox vaccines and antiviral agents in monkeypox outbreak: A rapid review on comparative benefits and risks

open access: yesHealth 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
doaj   +1 more source

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