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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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Characterization of a nondestructive beam profile monitor using luminescent emission [PDF]
Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams, 2007 The LHC (large hadron collider) [LHC study group: LHC. The large hadron collider conceptual design; CERN/AC/95-05] is the future p-p collider under construction at CERN, Geneva.
A. Variola, R. Jung, G. Ferioli
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ESR and NMR studies provide evidence that phosphatidyl glycerol specifically interacts with poxvirus membranes [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2010 Background The lung would be the first organ targeted in case of the use of Variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox) as a bioweapon. Pulmonary surfactant composed of lipids (90%) and proteins (10%) is considered the major physiological barrier ...
Perino Julien +3 more
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Reassessment of Evidence about Coinfection of Chickenpox and Monkeypox (Mpox) in African Children
Viruses, 2022 In west and central Africa, monkeypox occurs mainly in older children, adolescents and young adults. In two large epidemiology studies of monkeypox outbreaks, the investigators observed a sizable number of coinfections of chickenpox (varicella) and ...
Ola Khallafallah, Charles Grose
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Acute Late-Stage Myocarditis in the Crab-Eating Macaque Model of Hemorrhagic Smallpox
Viruses, 2021 Hemorrhagic smallpox, caused by variola virus (VARV), was a rare but nearly 100% lethal human disease manifestation. Hemorrhagic smallpox is frequently characterized by secondary bacterial infection, coagulopathy, and myocardial and subendocardial ...
Reed F. Johnson +19 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Monkeypox (MPX) has been regarded as a neglected tropic disease of Western and Central Africa since the early 70s. However, during May 2022, an unprecedent outbreak of MPX has involved most of European Countries, as well as North and South America. While
Matteo Riccò +8 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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