Goodbye smallpox vaccination, hello monkeypox

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In 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation declared that “the world and its peoples are free from smallpox.” Through decades of intense vaccination, this once fatal disease had been wiped out. It was a singular victory and having [...]

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When Immunizing, Don’t Accept Alternatives « Canada « Skeptic North

By On May 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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It’s National Immunization Awareness Week in Canada and across the world, and UNICEF is reporting the failure of Canada to achieve the 95% immunization rate…

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PLOS Computational Biology: Estimation of Vaccine Efficacy and Critical Vaccination Coverage in Partially Observed Outbreaks

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Classical approaches to estimate vaccine efficacy are based on the assumption that a person’s risk of infection does not depend on the infection status of others. This assumption is untenable for infectious disease data where such dependencies abound. We [...]

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BMC Genomics | Abstract | Unscrambling butterfly oogenesis

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Butterflies are popular model organisms to study physiological mechanisms underlying

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Easy Jump for H5N1 from Bird to Mammal

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Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.

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Rising measles outbreaks threaten vaccine-averse

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Seven confirmed cases of measles in Toronto, Ontario, so far this year, for a total of 12 in Canada to date, are prompting public health officials to remind doctors that the once-common childhood illness risks establishing a foothold again.

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Guelph Scientists Develop First Vaccine to Help Control Autism-Associated Bacteria | University of Guelph

By On May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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Virology Journal | Abstract | The highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza strain from July 2012 in Mexico acquired an extended cleavage site through recombination with host 28S rRNA

By On May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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A characteristic difference between highly and non-highly pathogenic avian influenza strains is the presence of an extended, often multibasic, cleavage motif insertion in the hemagglutinin protein.

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Virology Journal | Abstract | Development of a transmission model for dengue virus

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Dengue virus (DENV) research has historically been hampered by the lack of a susceptible vertebrate transmission model.

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A small molecule screen in yeast identifies inhibitors targeting protein-protein interactions within the vaccinia virus replication complex.

By On April 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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Genetic and biochemical data have identified at least four viral proteins essential for vaccinia virus (VACV) DNA synthesis: the DNA polymerase E9, its processivity factor (the heterodimer A20/D4) and the primase/helicase D5. These proteins are part of the VACV replication [...]

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