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EPIPOX: Immunoinformatic Characterization of the Shared T-Cell Epitome between Variola Virus and Related Pathogenic Orthopoxviruses [PDF]

Journal of Immunology Research, 2015
Concerns that variola viruses might be used as bioweapons have renewed the interest in developing new and safer smallpox vaccines. Variola virus genomes are now widely available, allowing computational characterization of the entire T-cell epitome and ...
Magdalena Molero-Abraham, John-Paul Glutting, Darren R. Flower, Esther M. Lafuente, Pedro A. Reche   +4 more
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Diverse variola virus (smallpox) strains were widespread in northern Europe in the Viking Age [PDF]

Science, 2020
Viking smallpox diversity Humans have a notable capacity to withstand the ravages of infectious diseases. Smallpox killed millions of people but drove Jenner's invention of vaccination, which eventually led to the annihilation of this virus, declared in ...
B. Mühlemann, L. Vinner, A. Margaryan, H. Wilhelmson, Constanza de la Fuente Castro, M. Allentoft, Peter de Barros Damgaard, A. J. Hansen, Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen, L. Strand, Jan Bill, A. Buzhilova, T. Pushkina, Ceri Falys, V. Khartanovich, V. Moiseyev, M. Jørkov, Palle Østergaard Sørensen, Yvonne Magnusson, Ingrid Gustin, H. Schroeder, G. Sutter, Geoffrey L. Smith, C. Drosten, R. Fouchier, Derek J. Smith, E. Willerslev, T. Jones, Martin Sikora   +28 more
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Between the Real and the Imagined: Variola Vera Epidemic in the Area of Yugoslavia Through Film Narrative [PDF]

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2019
The ideas about the epidemics of infectious diseases, both imagined and those that are known to human societies, are becoming more frequent topic of popular culture, that is the film industry.
Marina Mandić
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Evidence of Long-Distance Aerial Convection of Variola Virus and Implications for Disease Control

Viruses, 2019
Two distinct phenomena of airborne transmission of variola virus (smallpox) were described in the pre-eradication era—direct respiratory transmission, and a unique phenomenon of transmission over greater distances, referred to as “aerial ...
Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Arpita Das, Xin Chen, Charitha De Silva, Con Doolan   +4 more
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Research with variola virus after smallpox eradication: Development of a mouse model for variola virus infection. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2021
In this issue of PLOS Pathogens, Hutson and coworkers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, USA describe a study with infectious variola virus that was approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Committee on ...
Bernard Moss, Geoffrey L Smith
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A Multiplex PCR/LDR Assay for the Simultaneous Identification of Category A Infectious Pathogens: Agents of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever and Variola Virus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
CDC designated category A infectious agents pose a major risk to national security and require special action for public health preparedness. They include viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) syndrome as well as variola virus, the agent of ...
Sanchita Das, Mark S Rundell, Aashiq H Mirza, Maneesh R Pingle, Kristi Shigyo, Aura R Garrison, Jason Paragas, Scott K Smith, Victoria A Olson, Davise H Larone, Eric D Spitzer, Francis Barany, Linnie M Golightly   +12 more
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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, Irina N. Babkina
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Analytical Studies on Ciguateric Fish in Okinawa, Japan (II): The Grouper Variola albimarginata

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) refers to an illness caused by ingesting fish that have accumulated ciguatoxins (CTXs). CFP frequently occurs in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Naomasa Oshiro, Hiroya Nagasawa, Mio Nishimura, Kyoko Kuniyoshi, Naoki Kobayashi, Y. Sugita-konishi, Tsuyoshi Ikehara, K. Tachihara, Takeshi Yasumoto   +8 more
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Age, growth, and reproduction of the yellow-edged lyretail Variola louti (Forssakal, 1775)

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2023
Groupers (Family Epinephelidae) are important to commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries throughout the world. Grouper species have complex life histories that make them more vulnerable to exploitation. While there has been extensive research
E. Schemmel, K. Dahl
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An Extensive Survey of Ciguatoxins on Grouper Variola louti from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Using Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Ingesting fish contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) originating from epibenthic dinoflagellates causes ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). CFP occurs mainly in the tropical and subtropical Indo–Pacific region and the Caribbean Sea.
Naomasa Oshiro, Hiroya Nagasawa, Miharu Watanabe, Mio Nishimura, Kyoko Kuniyoshi, Naoki Kobayashi, Y. Sugita-konishi, Hiroshi Asakura, K. Tachihara, Takeshi Yasumoto   +9 more
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