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The immunology of smallpox vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent 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   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Global Perspective of Childhood Vaccinations: Past, Present, and Future—From Smallpox to mRNA

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Childhood immunisation is one of the most successful public health interventions in history, preventing millions of deaths and substantially reducing global child mortality. This mini‐review summarises the historical development of childhood vaccines, the role of global coordination in expanding immunisation coverage, and the innovations that ...
Tobias Alfvén, Tania Reza, Alieu Sowe
wiley   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Approaches to Reduce Adverse Effect of Vaccinia Virus in Orally Immunized Mice

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2016
Objective of the investigation was to model the adverse action of vaccinia virus (VV), caused by oral immunization of mice and to evaluate efficacy of its reduction, using therapeutic and prophylactic drugs. Materials and methods.
D. O. Galakhova   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological Immunity to Smallpox in New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesViruses, 2020
The re-emergence of smallpox is an increasing and legitimate concern due to advances in synthetic biology. Vaccination programs against smallpox using the vaccinia virus vaccine ceased with the eradication of smallpox and, unlike many other countries ...
Valentina Costantino   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smallpox vaccines for biodefense [PDF]

open access: yesVaccine, 2009
Few diseases can match the enormous impact that smallpox has had on mankind. Its influence can be seen in the earliest recorded histories of ancient civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia. With fatality rates up to 30%, smallpox left its survivors with extensive scarring and other serious sequelae.
Richard B, Kennedy   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

From Control to Elimination: Making the End of Dental Caries Thinkable

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases worldwide despite decades of clinical and behavioural interventions. Persistently high prevalence suggests that current approaches are better organised for ongoing disease management than for preventing new disease occurrence.
Habib Benzian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monkeypox in humans – the review

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus with a presentation similar to smallpox. Being previously endemic to Africa, now the disease is spreading across the world, causing fear of a potential next pandemic.
Konrad Warchoł   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Fragmented Are Global Policy Debates on Health Data Sharing? Studying Fragmentation Through Discourse Network Analysis

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 5, Page 1783-1813, September 2026.
Abstract Global policy‐making is often described as taking place in a fragmented and complex institutional landscape. In this article, we revisit the verdict of fragmentation through the lens of discourse network analysis, seeking to understand the extent to which global policy debates can be characterised as fragmented.
Maria Weickardt Soares   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preclinical Studies of the Specific Activity of the Live Culture Vaccine VACD6 against Smallpox and other Orthopoxvirus Infections

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023
Relevance. The epidemiological situation in the world is characterized by an increase in the incidence of orthopoxvirus infections in humans and animals.
S. N. Shchelkunov   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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