Una nueva alerta mundial en salud causada por la viruela del simio
Interdisciplinary Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, 2022 Introducción: La viruela del simio es una zoonosis de etiología viral causada por virus de la viruela del simio. Es una enfermedad endémica en los países africanos.
Richar Jose Gomez de la Rosa +1 more
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +2 more
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Conserved Surface-Exposed K/R-X-K/R Motifs and Net Positive Charge on Poxvirus Complement Control Proteins Serve as Putative Heparin Binding Sites and Contribute to Inhibition of Molecular Interactions with Human Endothelial Cells: a Novel Mechanism for Evasion of Host Defense [PDF]
, 2000 Vaccinia virus complement control protein (VCP) has been shown to possess the ability to inhibit both classical and alternative complement pathway activation.
Shchelkunov, SN +11 more
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Single-Dose Assay Technique for Variola Virus [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1964 A biological assay for variola virus was needed that would (i) require a minimum of time and (ii) have acceptable precision. Preliminary titrations made in 11-day-old embryonated eggs and in suckling mice (6 to 24 hr of age) demonstrated a linear relationship between the concentration of variola virus injected and the mean reciprocal time to death (MTD)
J M, RILEY, M D, ORLANDO
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To analyse the association between specific socioeconomic measures and the risk of incomplete vaccination for diphtheria‐tetanus‐pertussis (DTP) and measles‐containing vaccine (MCV) in Swedish two‐year‐olds. Methods This nationwide, population‐based cohort study included 227 457 children born in Sweden during 2014–2015.
Cecilia Chrapkowska Almqvist +5 more
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Smallpox, Monkeypox and Other Human Orthopoxvirus Infections
Viruses, 2022 Considering that vaccination against smallpox with live vaccinia virus led to serious adverse effects in some cases, the WHO, after declaration of the global eradication of smallpox in 1980, strongly recommended to discontinue the vaccination in all ...
Galina A. Shchelkunova +1 more
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A Global Perspective of Childhood Vaccinations: Past, Present, and Future—From Smallpox to mRNA
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Childhood immunisation is one of the most successful public health interventions in history, preventing millions of deaths and substantially reducing global child mortality. This mini‐review summarises the historical development of childhood vaccines, the role of global coordination in expanding immunisation coverage, and the innovations that ...
Tobias Alfvén, Tania Reza, Alieu Sowe
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Immunological memory after exposure to variola virus, monkeypox virus, and vaccinia virus
, 2017 We compared cellular and humoral immunity to vaccinia virus (VV) in individuals exposed to 3 different orthopoxviruses: 154 individuals previously vaccinated with VV, 7 individuals with a history of monkeypox virus infection, and 8 individuals with a ...
Zhan, Ming-Xia +8 more
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Biological warfare: The many possibilities
South African Family Practice, 2004 Biological warfare has been a threat to society for many decades. This article summarises some of the most likely organisms suitable for a bio-terrorist attack, including Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, the agents of viral ...
E. Wasserman
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Acute Late-Stage Myocarditis in the Crab-Eating Macaque Model of Hemorrhagic Smallpox
Viruses, 2021 Hemorrhagic smallpox, caused by variola virus (VARV), was a rare but nearly 100% lethal human disease manifestation. Hemorrhagic smallpox is frequently characterized by secondary bacterial infection, coagulopathy, and myocardial and subendocardial ...
Reed F. Johnson +19 more
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