Continued poxvirus research: From foe to friend

The eradication of smallpox is one of the greatest medical successes in history. Vaccinia virus was made famous by being the virus used in the live vaccine that enabled this feat. Nearly 40 years on from that success, this prototypical poxvirus continues to empower the exploration of fundamental bio...

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Autor principal: Bidgood, Susanna R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Matters
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30699104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000124
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spelling pubmed-63702272019-02-22 Continued poxvirus research: From foe to friend Bidgood, Susanna R. PLoS Biol Research Matters The eradication of smallpox is one of the greatest medical successes in history. Vaccinia virus was made famous by being the virus used in the live vaccine that enabled this feat. Nearly 40 years on from that success, this prototypical poxvirus continues to empower the exploration of fundamental biology and the potential to develop therapeutics against some of the major causes of death and disease in the modern world. Public Library of Science 2019-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6370227/ /pubmed/30699104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000124 Text en © 2019 Susanna R. Bidgood http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Continued poxvirus research: From foe to friend
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370227/
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