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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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Immune modulation by virus-encoded secreted chemokine binding proteins [PDF]
Chemokines are chemoattractant cytokines that mediate the migration of immune cells to sites of infection which play an important role in innate and adaptive immunity. As an immune evasion strategy, large DNA viruses (herpesviruses and poxviruses) encode
Alcamí, Antonio +2 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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That Wonderful Year: Smallpox, Genetic Engineering, and Bio-terrorism [PDF]
The thesis of this Article is that the United States, Russia, and by extension, the world as a whole, are pursuing a fundamentally sound strategy in retaining, rather than destroying, the last known remaining samples of the variola virus.
Koplow, David A.
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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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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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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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