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  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,353 Views
12 Pages

Whole Genome Characterization of Orthopoxvirus (OPV) Abatino, a Zoonotic Virus Representing a Putative Novel Clade of Old World Orthopoxviruses

  • Cesare E. M. Gruber,
  • Emanuela Giombini,
  • Marina Selleri,
  • Simon H. Tausch,
  • Andreas Andrusch,
  • Alona Tyshaieva,
  • Giusy Cardeti,
  • Raniero Lorenzetti,
  • Lorenzo De Marco and
  • Concetta Castilletti
  • + 5 authors

6 October 2018

Orthopoxviruses (OPVs) are diffused over the complete Eurasian continent, but previously described strains are mostly from northern Europe, and few infections have been reported from Italy. Here we present the extended genomic characterization of OPV...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Viruses)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
21,120 Views
29 Pages

22 March 2018

Diagnostic electron microscopy (DEM) was an essential component of viral diagnosis until the development of highly sensitive nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT). The simple negative staining technique of DEM was applied widely to smallpox dia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smallpox and Emerging Zoonotic Orthopoxviruses: What Is Coming Next?)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,919 Views
8 Pages

Orthopoxvirus Seroprevalence in Cats and Veterinary Personnel in North-Eastern Italy in 2011

  • Daniele Lapa,
  • Anna Beltrame,
  • Alessandra Arzese,
  • Fabrizio Carletti,
  • Antonino Di Caro,
  • Giuseppe Ippolito,
  • Maria Rosaria Capobianchi and
  • Concetta Castilletti

25 January 2019

Orthopoxviruses (OPV) are emerging zoonotic pathogens, and an increasing number of human infections is currently reported in Europe and in other continents, warranting heightened attention on this topic. Following two OPV infections reported in veter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Viruses)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,631 Views
8 Pages

Vaccinia and Monkeypox Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies in People Living with HIV: A Serological Study in a Orthopoxvirus-Endemic, Low-Income Region in Brazil

  • Thyago José Silva,
  • Ana Gabriella Stoffella-Dutra,
  • Victor Lacerda Gripp,
  • Pollyana R. C. Gorgens,
  • Iago José da Silva Domingos,
  • Pedro Henrique Bastos e Silva,
  • Bruna Caroline Chaves-Garcia,
  • Erna Geessien Kroon,
  • Etel Rocha-Vieira and
  • Danilo Bretas de Oliveira
  • + 1 author

Co-infections of Orthopoxviruses (OPVs), such as vaccinia virus (VACV) and monkeypox virus (MPXV), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be associated with severe outcomes. Serro’s dairy region, located in Minas Gerais, southeastern Br...

(This article belongs to the Section Emerging Pathogens)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,116 Views
14 Pages

Monkeypox disease (Mpox) has threatened humankind worldwide since mid-2022. The Mpox virus (MpoxV) is an example of Orthopoxviruses (OPVs), which share similar genomic structures. A few treatments and vaccines are available for Mpox. OPV-specific VP3...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbiology in Human Health and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,507 Views
9 Pages

Evaluation of Rapid Dot-Immunoassay for Detection Orthopoxviruses Using Laboratory-Grown Viruses and Animal’s Clinical Specimens

  • Nikita Ushkalenko,
  • Anna Ersh,
  • Alexander Sergeev,
  • Pavel Filatov and
  • Alexander Poltavchenko

21 November 2022

The aim of the work was an experimental evaluation of the characteristics of the kit for the rapid immunochemical detection of orthopoxviruses (OPV). The kit is based on the method of one-stage dot-immunoassay on flat protein arrays using gold conjug...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostics, Antiviral Therapy and Vaccination against Orthopoxvirus Infections)
  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,913 Views
21 Pages

Vaccinia Virus Natural Infections in Brazil: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • Jaqueline Silva de Oliveira,
  • Poliana De Oliveira Figueiredo,
  • Galileu Barbosa Costa,
  • Felipe Lopes de Assis,
  • Betânia Paiva Drumond,
  • Flávio Guimarães Da Fonseca,
  • Maurício Lacerda Nogueira,
  • Erna Geessien Kroon and
  • Giliane De Souza Trindade

15 November 2017

The orthopoxviruses (OPV) comprise several emerging viruses with great importance to human and veterinary medicine, including vaccinia virus (VACV), which causes outbreaks of bovine vaccinia (BV) in South America. Historically, VACV is the most compr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smallpox and Emerging Zoonotic Orthopoxviruses: What Is Coming Next?)