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In 2007, the United States– Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance concerning animal models for testing the efficacy of medical countermeasures against variola virus (VARV), the etiologic agent for smallpox.
Jennifer Garver +7 more
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Topography of Variola Smallpox Virus Inverted Terminal Repeats
We examined the nucleotide sequences of the inverted terminal repeat (ITR) regions adjacent to the covalently closed hairpin end sequences of three variola major and four minor strains from smallpox outbreaks in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.
Massung, Robert F. +2 more
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In Silico Studies of Potential Selective Inhibitors of Thymidylate Kinase from Variola virus. [PDF]
Garcia DR +7 more
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Poxvirus Viability and Signatures in Historical Relics
Although it has been >30 years since the eradication of smallpox, the unearthing of well-preserved tissue material in which the virus may reside has called into question the viability of variola virus decades or centuries after its original occurrence ...
Andrea M. McCollum +7 more
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Teaching a new mouse old tricks: Humanized mice as an infection model for Variola virus. [PDF]
Hutson CL +13 more
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This article evaluates the scientific and commercial rationales for the synthesis of horsepox virus. I find that the claimed benefits of using horsepox virus as a smallpox vaccine rest on a weak scientific foundation and an even weaker business case that
Gregory D. Koblentz
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Myxomatosis is a rapidly lethal disease of European rabbits that is caused by myxoma virus (MYXV). The introduction of a South American strain of MYXV into the European rabbit population of Australia is the classic case of host-pathogen coevolution ...
Cattadori, Isabella M +8 more
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Parapoxviruses (PPVs) are zoonotic viruses which cause contagious pustular skin infections of sheep, goats and cattle worldwide. In addition, they have more recently been shown to infect other animals such as red deer, seals, camels and reindeer ...
Hautaniemi, Maria
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Biological threat agents such as Bacillus anthracis, Variola virus, and botulinum toxin pose serious risk to national security and public health due to their high transmissibility, lethality, and potential for weaponization.
Jungeun Lee
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Perioral Molluscum Contagiosum- Report of 2 Cases in HIV Seropositive Patients
Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a mucocutaneous disorder caused by DNA virus of the Pox family affecting both the children and adults. MCV remains by far the most common pox viral pathogen for humans after the eradication of Small pox variola virus (1 ...
K T Magesh, N Malathi, S Anandan
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