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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 +8 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 +2 more
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Spatio-temporal modeling of co-dynamics of smallpox, measles and pertussis in pre-healthcare Finland [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Infections are known to interact as previous infections may have an effect on risk of succumbing to a new infection. The co-dynamics can be mediated by immunosuppression or -modulation, shared environmental or climatic drivers, or competition for susceptible hosts.
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Reevaluating the Risk of Smallpox Reemergence.
Military Medicine, 2020 INTRODUCTION Smallpox, caused by variola virus, was eradicated in 1980, but remains a category A bioterrorism agent. A decade ago, smallpox ranked second after anthrax in a multifactorial risk priority scoring analysis of category A bioterrorism agents ...
C. Macintyre, C. Macintyre
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Oral Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Smallpox
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 BACKGROUND Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, but variola virus (VARV), which causes smallpox, still exists. There is no known effective treatment for smallpox; therefore, tecovirimat is being developed as an oral smallpox therapy.
D. Grosenbach +9 more
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Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of Modified Vaccinia Ankara as a Vaccine against Smallpox.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 BACKGROUND Many countries have stockpiled vaccines because of concerns about the reemergence of smallpox. Traditional smallpox vaccines are based on replicating vaccinia viruses; these vaccines have considerable side effects.
P. Pittman +12 more
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Monkeypox Goes North: Ongoing Worldwide Monkeypox Infections in Humans
Viruses, 2022 In the late 1970s, global vaccination programs resulted in the eradication of smallpox. The Monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is closely related to the smallpox-inducing variola virus, was previously endemic only in Sub-Saharan Africa but is currently ...
Barbara S. Schnierle
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Modelling of COVID-19 Using Fractional Differential Equations [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In this work, we have described the mathematical modeling of COVID-19 transmission using fractional differential equations. The mathematical modeling of infectious disease goes back to the 1760s when the famous mathematician Daniel Bernoulli used an elementary version of compartmental modeling to find the effectiveness of deliberate smallpox ...
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Rethinking the History of Smallpox in the Early Twentieth Century: The and Uncertainty Surrounding the Diagnosis of Smallpox [PDF]
Uisahak, 2020 This research explores the case of the 1903 smallpox outbreak on the SS Korea, a transpacific carrier making runs between Southeast Asia, East Asia, Hawaii, and the United States.
Hyon Ju LEE
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