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 ...

parents didn't name their children until they had survived a bout with the virus. Smallpox was the single deadliest disease during the 18th century, striking commoners and royalty alike.

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 ...

they tested the sample for virus DNA—and instead found the variola virus, which causes smallpox. Known for its signature blisters and gruesome deaths, smallpox killed 300 million people in the ...

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 ...