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Reflections on Dr J Michael Lane, a giant of public health (1936-2020)

Global 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
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The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: Lessons for malaria eradication [PDF]

, 2011
By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases-smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles-we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication.
Breman, JG, de Quadros, CA, Dowdle, WR, Foege, WH, Henderson, DA, John, TJ, Levine, MM   +6 more
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Phase-out of smallpox vaccination and the female/male HIV-1 prevalence ratio: an ecological study from Guinea-Bissau

BMJ 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, Peter Aaby, Amabelia Rodrigues, Andreas Rieckmann, Christine Benn, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Signe Sørup, Zacarias Jose da Silva, Hilton Whittle   +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

Viruses, 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, George Painter, Randall Lanier, Amanda D. Rice, Scott Foster, Bernhard Lampert, Mathew M. Adams, Alice Robertson   +7 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, Valentina Costantino, Xin Chen, Eva Segelov, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Anthony Kelleher, Mohana Kunasekaran, John Michael Lane   +7 more
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Introduction [PDF]

, 2017
Contains fulltext : 190586.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)20 ...
Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
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Repositioning potentials of smallpox vaccines and antiviral agents in monkeypox outbreak: A rapid review on comparative benefits and risks

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, Md. Jamal Hossain, Arpita Roy, A. H. M. Nazmul Hasan, Md. Ashrafur Rahman, Mohammad Shahriar, Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan   +6 more
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Eczema Herpeticum and Clinical Criteria for Investigating Smallpox

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Eczema herpeticum can clinically resemble smallpox. On the basis of the algorithm for rapid evaluation of patients with an acute generalized vesiculopustular rash illness, our patient met criteria for high risk for smallpox.
David A. Boyd, Leonard C. Sperling, Scott A. Norton   +2 more
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Low-Temperature Multiple Micro-Dispensing on Microneedles for Accurate Transcutaneous Smallpox Vaccination

Vaccines, 2022
Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. According to WHO guidelines, the smallpox vaccine is administrated by scarification into the epidermis using a bifurcated needle moistened with a vaccine solution.
Sang-Gu Yim, Yun-Ho Hwang, Seonyeong An, Keum-Yong Seong, Seo-Yeon Kim, Semin Kim, Hyeseon Lee, Kang-Oh Lee, Mi-Young Kim, Dokeun Kim, You-Jin Kim, Seung-Yun Yang   +11 more
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Teaching a new mouse old tricks: Humanized mice as an infection model for Variola virus.

PLoS Pathogens, 2021
Smallpox, caused by the solely human pathogen Variola virus (VARV), was declared eradicated in 1980. While known VARV stocks are secure, smallpox remains a bioterrorist threat agent. Recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the first smallpox
Christina L Hutson, Ashley V Kondas, Jana M Ritter, Zachary Reed, Sharon Dietz Ostergaard, Clint N Morgan, Nadia Gallardo-Romero, Cassandra Tansey, Matthew R Mauldin, Johanna S Salzer, Christine M Hughes, Cynthia S Goldsmith, Darin Carroll, Victoria A Olson   +13 more
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