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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, V. N. Podkuyko, A. P. Pirozhkov, A. I. Terent'ev, V. P. Krasnyansky, E. V. Rozhdestvensky, S. V. Nazarov, S. V. Kuznecov   +7 more
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The Pasteurian contribution to the history of vaccines

Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2022
Vaccination, the transmission of “vaccine”, a benign disease of cows, to immunize human beings against smallpox, was invented by Jenner at the end of the eighteenth century.
Schwartz, Maxime
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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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Safety and immunogenicity of IMVAMUNE®, a third-generation vaccine based on the modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) strain

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2023
In 1980, the World Health Assembly officially declared smallpox eradicated in the world, which allowed developed countries to stop preventive vaccination against this disease.
L. F. Stovba, O. V. Chukhralya, N. K. Chernikova, A. L. Khmelev, S. V. Borisevich   +4 more
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Third-generation smallpox vaccines induce low-level cross-protecting neutralizing antibodies against Monkeypox virus in laboratory workers

Heliyon
Due to the discontinuation of routine smallpox vaccination after its eradication in 1980, a large part of the human population remains naïve against smallpox and other members of the orthopoxvirus genus.
Damian Jandrasits, Roland Züst, Denise Siegrist, Olivier B. Engler, Benjamin Weber, Kristina M. Schmidt, Hulda R. Jonsdottir   +6 more
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The Global Monkeypox (Mpox) Outbreak: A Comprehensive Review

Vaccines, 2023
Monkeypox (Mpox) is a contagious illness that is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is part of the same family of viruses as variola, vaccinia, and cowpox.
Shriyansh Srivastava, Sachin Kumar, Shagun Jain, Aroop Mohanty, Neeraj Thapa, Prabhat Poudel, Krishna Bhusal, Zahraa Haleem Al-qaim, Joshuan J. Barboza, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Ranjit Sah   +10 more
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The immunology of smallpox vaccines [PDF]

Current Opinion in Immunology, 2009
In spite of the eradication of smallpox over 30 years ago; orthopox viruses such as smallpox and monkeypox remain serious public health threats both through the possibility of bioterrorism and the intentional release of smallpox and through natural outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases such as monkeypox.
Kennedy, Richard B, Ovsyannikova, Inna G, Jacobson, Robert M, Poland, Gregory A   +3 more
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Monkeypox virus-infected individuals mount comparable humoral immune responses as Smallpox-vaccinated individuals

Nature Communications, 2023
In early 2022, a cluster of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection (mpox) cases were identified within the UK with no prior travel history to MPXV-endemic regions.
Ashley D. Otter, Scott Jones, Bethany Hicks, Daniel Bailey, Helen Callaby, Catherine Houlihan, Tommy Rampling, Nicola Claire Gordon, Hannah Selman, Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar, Michael Townsend, Ravi Mehta, Marcus Pond, Rachael Jones, Deborah Wright, Clarissa Oeser, Simon Tonge, Ezra Linley, Georgia Hemingway, Tom Coleman, Sebastian Millward, Aaron Lloyd, Inger Damon, Tim Brooks, Richard Vipond, Cathy Rowe, Bassam Hallis   +26 more
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Pietro Verri: The History of Smallpox Vaccination Through His Pencil

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last case of natural smallpox infection occurred in 1977, and the disease is considered eradicated since 1980. Throughout the history of medicine, early attempts to combat smallpox involved inoculation, a practice based on the observation that those who recovered from the disease became immune.
Omar Simonetti, Anna Maria Salvadè, Verena Zerbato, Ivo Maria Crosato, Stefano Di Bella, Francesco Bellinato   +5 more
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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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