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Whence Feral Vaccinia?

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
When the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1979, smallpox vaccination was discontinued worldwide. Although cessation of smallpox vaccination is well justified, given the risks associated with complications from the vaccine, lack of vaccination nevertheless creates a growing population of persons now susceptible to infection by a
Richard C. Condit
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Differences in Mpox and Vaccinia Immunity Induced by Non-Replicating and Replicating Vaccinia-Based Vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesVaccines
Background: The recent global outbreak with clade IIb and the concurrent emergence of clade I mpox virus in Africa show that mpox is a challenging problem. MVA-BN induces low-level mpox-neutralizing antibody responses that wane rapidly.
Getahun Abate   +7 more
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pH Sensitive Erythrocyte-Derived Membrane for Acute Systemic Retention and Increased Infectivity of Coated Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus

open access: yesPharmaceutics, 2022
Oncolytic viruses have emerged as a promising modality in cancer treatment given their high synergy with highly efficient immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, their potency is limited by their rapid in vivo clearance.
Kaelan T. Samoranos   +9 more
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Polymorphisms in STING Affect Human Innate Immune Responses to Poxviruses

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2020
We conducted a large genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the immune responses to primary smallpox vaccination in a combined cohort of 1,653 subjects.
Richard B. Kennedy   +8 more
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Ophthalmic Features and Implications of Poxviruses: Lessons from Clinical and Basic Research

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2022
Amidst the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, global awareness has been directed towards the prevention of viral transmission and case management, with the World Health Organization declaring the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern ...
Tolulope Fashina   +4 more
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The Rise and Fall of Modern Plagues

open access: yesMolecular Frontiers Journal, 2020
Millennia separate smallpox, the oldest pandemic, and COVID-19, the newest. Both calamities arose from an opportunistic virus amid human crowding. A vaccine for smallpox existed since the late 18th century, but it took worldwide public health strategy to
G. Terry Sharrer
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Progressive Vaccinia [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2003
The resumption of smallpox vaccination for health care workers and other first responders has raised concern about the occurrence of complications in people with immunodeficiency disorders, including those infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Mike, Bray, Mary E, Wright
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Single Immunization of a Vaccine Vectored by a Novel Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Affords Effective Protection Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Cotton Rats

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of respiratory infections worldwide and disease management measures are hampered by the lack of a safe and effective vaccine against the infection.
Marsha S. Russell   +18 more
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When good vaccines go wild: Feral Orthopoxvirus in developing countries and beyond

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008
The presence of zoonotic poxviruses in nature represents a potential human health risk that has to be re-evaluated by health authorities not only in developing countries, but also in many developed countries.
Nissin Moussatché,1,2 Clarissa R. Damaso,2 and Grant McFadden1
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