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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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Neutralization Determinants on Poxviruses
Viruses, 2023 Smallpox was a highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus. The disease affected millions of people over thousands of years and variola virus ranked as one of the deadliest viruses in human history. The complete eradication of smallpox in 1980,
Vernuccio Riccardo, Guardado-Calvo Pablo
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Viruses, 2010 The absence of herd immunity to orthopoxviruses and the concern that variola or monkeypox viruses could be used for bioterroristic activities has stimulated the development of therapeutics and safer prophylactics.
R. Mark Buller +4 more
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Evaluation of Taterapox Virus in Small Animals
Viruses, 2017 Taterapox virus (TATV), which was isolated from an African gerbil (Tatera kempi) in 1975, is the most closely related virus to variola; however, only the original report has examined its virology.
Scott Parker +3 more
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The Virology of Taterapox Virus In Vitro
Viruses, 2018 Taterapox virus (TATV) is phylogenetically the closest related virus to variola—the etiological agent of smallpox. Despite the similarity, few studies have evaluated the virus.
Scott Parker +8 more
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Phylogeographical and evolutionary history of variola major virus; a question of timescales? [PDF]
, 2022 Aim of this study was to reconstruct the phylogeography of variola virus (VARV) in the XX century, using 47 VARV whole genome sequences available in public databases, through two different methods for ancestral character reconstruction: a frequently used
Bergna, Annalisa +6 more
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