Coinfections involving viruses are being recognized to influence the disease pattern that
occurs relative to that with single infection. Classically, we usually think of a clinical …

Poxviruses compromise a group of long known important pathogens including some
zoonotic members affecting lifestock animals and humans. While whole genome sequence …

On May 8, 1980, the World Health Assembly at its 33rd session solemnly declared that the
world and all its peoples had won freedom from smallpox and recommended ceasing the …

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) declared global smallpox eradicated in
1980, concerns over emergent poxvirus infections have increased. Most poxvirus infections …

Background Despite the fact that smallpox eradication was declared by the World Health
Organization (WHO) in 1980, other poxviruses have emerged and re-emerged, with …

The orthopoxviruses (OPV) comprise several emerging viruses with great importance to
human and veterinary medicine, including vaccinia virus (VACV), which causes outbreaks of …

Summary In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine consisting of pustular
material obtained from lesions on cows affected by so-called cow-pox. The disease, caused …

Vaccinia virus (VACV), the prototype species of the Orthopoxvirus (OPV) genus, causes an
occupational zoonotic disease in Brazil that is primarily associated with the handling of …

The commercially available Orthopox BioThreat® Alert assay for orthopoxvirus (OPV)
detection is piloted. This antibody-based lateral-flow assay labels and captures OPV viral …

BACKGROUND: Bovine vaccinia is an exanthematic disease caused by Vaccinia virus
(VACV). This zoonosis has been associated with several cases of bovine infection …