A History of Smallpox Vaccination in Modern China: Vaccine Techniques, Instruments, and Localization [PDF]
Uisahak, 2023 This paper examines how smallpox vaccination has been implemented in China from a technological perspective. It is an attempt not only to investigate the impact of technology and instruments on medical advances, but also to deepen the understanding of ...
Jeongeun JO
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Live Vaccinia Virus-Coated Microneedle Array Patches for Smallpox Vaccination and Stockpiling [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Although smallpox has been eradicated globally, the potential use of the smallpox virus in bioterrorism indicates the importance of stockpiling smallpox vaccines.
In-Jeong Choi +5 more
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Low-Temperature Multiple Micro-Dispensing on Microneedles for Accurate Transcutaneous Smallpox Vaccination [PDF]
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 +11 more
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Evolution of means and principles of smallpox vaccination
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2020 There are several possible reasons for the return of smallpox as an endemic disease. For example, the possibility of maintaining smallpox virus in an active state in the corpses of the dead, buried in permafrost regions, or the evolutionary changes of ...
S. V. Borisevich +7 more
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Smallpox good and bad: evolution of popular perceptions of the personification of the disease in the Urals in the 19th — early 20th century [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2022 In this paper, elaboration of the image of smallpox in popular perception, which manifested itself in connection with the organization of smallpox vaccination by the Russian government, is examined.
Golikova S.V.
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Long-term effects of smallpox vaccination on expression of the HIV-1 co-receptor CCR5 in women. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Smallpox vaccinations were stopped globally in 1980. Recent studies have shown that in women, being smallpox vaccinated was associated with a reduced risk of HIV infection compared with not being smallpox vaccinated.
K B Beck +12 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 +1 more
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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 +21 more
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Smallpox - past or not past? [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2004 Smallpox is a potentially deadly illness caused by the variola virus, an orthopoxvirus. Severe illness followed by blister-like body rash is the sign of smallpox. Smallpox symptoms develop about 12 days after exposure. V.
Kuljić-Kapulica Nada
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Navigating the smallpox threat in colonial Fiji: Vaccination endeavours and historical challenges
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023 Upon its cession from 1874 to 1970, Fiji was under the British colonial government, and the colonial government attempted to control the spread of smallpox in the colony.
Mumtaz Alam
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