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Mpox in South Asia: A Narrative Review on Epidemiology, Preparedness, and Preventive Strategies
Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Monkeypox (Mpox), due to its growing global concern, was declared a public health emergency of worldwide concern by the World Health Organization in August 2024. The monkeypox virus (MPXV), once limited to African regions, has now spread to South Asia, including Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and there have been ...
Jannatul Mawa +5 more
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Comparative biochemical and functional analysis of viral and human secreted tumor necrosis factor (TNF) decoy receptors [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. The blockade of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) by etanercept, a soluble version of the human TNF receptor 2 (hTNFR2), is a well established strategy to inhibit adverse TNF-mediated ...
Alcamí, Antonio +2 more
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Untersuchungen am Virus der Variola-Vaccine
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 1953 Erschöpfende Pepsinbehandlung an Vaccine-Elementarkörpern (Elk.), die von der Chorioallantois des bebrüteten Hühnereies bzw. von der Kaninchencornea präpariert worden waren, führte zur Erkennung unterscheidbarer Abbaustadien. Neben morphologisch intakten wurden abgebaute Elk. mit Innenkörpern stark variierender Größe und Dichte und leere Elk.-Membranen
Dietrich Peters, Theodor Nasemann
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Bibliography on inactivation of viruses and rickettsiae by heat [PDF]
Inactivation of viruses and rickettsiae by heat ...
Homann, L. M., Watson, M. S.
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Smallpox Infectious Disease [PDF]
, 2015 Smallpox is a disease similar to chicken pox, but not exactly the same. Smallpox is caused by a virus called Variola and is a member of the genus orthopoxvirus. The virus is a large brick shaped DNA virus. Smallpox spreads by direct, face to face contact
Allbee, Miranda, Smith, Brandon
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PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Orthopoxviruses (OPV), including variola, vaccinia, monkeypox, cowpox and ectromelia viruses cause acute infections in their hosts. With the exception of variola virus (VARV), the etiological agent of smallpox, other OPV have been reported to persist in ...
Isaac G Sakala +6 more
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In vitro characterization of a nineteenth-century therapy for smallpox.
PLoS ONE, 2012 In the nineteenth century, smallpox ravaged through the United States and Canada. At this time, a botanical preparation, derived from the carnivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea, was proclaimed as being a successful therapy for smallpox infections.
William Arndt +9 more
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Salud Pública de México, 2003 Uno de los grandes logros de la salud pública mundial, la erradicación de la viruela, puede verse mermado por el posible riesgo de bioterrorismo. El debate acerca de la destrucción de los restos del virus en los dos laboratorios de referencia de la ...
Carlos Franco-Paredes +5 more
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Orthopoxvirus Genes That Mediate Disease Virulence and Host Tropism
Advances in Virology, 2012 In the course of evolution, viruses have developed various molecular mechanisms to evade the defense reactions of the host organism. When understanding the mechanisms used by viruses to overcome manifold defense systems of the animal organism ...
Sergei N. Shchelkunov
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Orthopoxvirus Genome Evolution: The Role of Gene Loss
Viruses, 2010 Poxviruses are highly successful pathogens, known to infect a variety of hosts. The family Poxviridae includes Variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, which has been eradicated as a public health threat but could potentially reemerge as a ...
Eneida L. Hatcher +3 more
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