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The Origin of the Variola Virus
Viruses, 2015 The question of the origin of smallpox, one of the major menaces to humankind, is a constant concern for the scientific community. Smallpox is caused by the agent referred to as the variola virus (VARV), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.
Igor V Babkin, Igor Babkin
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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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Smallpox Vaccination of Laboratory Workers at US Variola Testing Sites
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 To evaluate the need to revaccinate laboratory workers against smallpox, we assessed regular revaccination at the US Laboratory Response Network’s variola testing sites by examining barriers to revaccination and the potential for persistence of immunity.
Sharon Medcalf +8 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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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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