A Global Health Alert on the Re-Emergence of Mpox a Viral Zoonotic Illness Its Prevention and Management: A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is gaining attention in the global health community due to its potential for human transmission and similarities to the well‐known smallpox virus. Mpox was first detected in the 1970s and mostly affects Central and West Africa.
Aqeel MB +6 more
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A Case of Cowpox Presenting as Progressive Unilateral Facial Swelling and Fever Without Any Skin Lesions. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisIntroduction Although a rare infection, sporadic human cases of cowpox do occur in endemic areas, often through contact with an infected cat. Cats are also incidental hosts but provide an important intermediary to the animal reservoir for cowpox, which in the United Kingdom (UK) includes bank and field voles. Case Discussion We present a case of cowpox
Toovey OTR +5 more
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Cameras or Divers? How Baited Remote Underwater Videos and 'Long Swims' Underwater Visual Census Complement Each Other on Coral Reefs. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study compares baited remote underwater videos (BRUV) and a rapid timed long swim (LS) UVC method to evaluate their ability in assessing relative abundance and diversity of large predatory reef fish from nine selected families. BRUVs were more effective in detecting mobile and bait‐attracted taxa such as Carangidae and recorded up to 28 unique ...
Osuka-Edeye K +5 more
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Proposta para um resgate historiográfico: as fontes do SESP/FSESP no estudo das campanhas de imunização no Brasil [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2003 Além de indicar algumas possibilidades de abordagem da história da saúde pública no Brasil a partir da documentação pertencente à Coleção SESP/FSESP, este texto busca colocar em destaque, ainda que de maneira sucinta, o valor de tais fontes para a ...
Márcio Magalhães de Andrade
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Prediction of steps in the evolution of variola virus host range. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Variola virus, the agent of smallpox, has a severely restricted host range (humans) but a devastatingly high mortality rate. Although smallpox has been eradicated by a World Health Organization vaccination program, knowledge of the evolutionary processes
Chad Smithson +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2008 O controle da varíola do mamoeiro é necessário; portanto, propôs-se, neste estudo, avaliar o efeito de aplicações foliares de fosfitos (K, Ca, Mg e Cu) sobre a doença.
Alexei de Campos Dianese +5 more
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Serological studies on an outbreak of smallpox in the State of Bahia - Brazil in 1969
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1972 Four weeks after Containment Vaccination undertaken against the largest outbreak of smallpox occured in Brazil in 1969, that of the municipality of Utinga, Bahia, 99 samples of serum were collected from the local population. These samples were classified
Eduardo de Azeredo Costa +3 more
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Characterization of Two Historic Smallpox Specimens from a Czech Museum
Viruses, 2017 Although smallpox has been known for centuries, the oldest available variola virus strains were isolated in the early 1940s. At that time, large regions of the world were already smallpox-free.
Petr Pajer +22 more
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“Valha-nos a Providência!”: festas e ritos católicos em tempos epidêmicos, Salvador-BA, Brasil, 1918-1919 [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: ManguinhosO artigo analisa as reações dos católicos vinculados às associações leigas na cidade do Salvador, no período da gripe espanhola (1918) e da varíola (1919).
Edilece Souza Couto
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História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2010 The paper presents and discusses the travel notes diary of Canadian scientist Robert J. Wilson when he visited Brazil in April 1967 during the Smallpox Eradication Programme run by the World Health Organisation.
Steven Palmer +2 more
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