Computational model compares mpox's airborne transmission risk to COVID-19 and smallpox
A collaborative research effort between the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and the A*STAR Institute of High ...
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Vaccinia virus: New insights into the structure and function of the poxvirus prototype
the vaccinia virus (VACV), was used in the past as a live vaccine to eradicate smallpox. Despite intensive research, important questions regarding the biogenesis and structure of the mature virus ...
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Opinion: Destroy All Samples of the Smallpox Virus
All research involving the virus samples requires approval from a special World Health Organization committee of experts. The World Health Assembly, the governing body of WHO, originally scheduled ...
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Making Vaccines
Today there is mounting concern about the threat of a bioterrorist attack using smallpox—so much concern ... body against some kind of pathogen—a virus or bacteria or some other agent that ...