Resources with keywords: alaskapox
additional details about the most recent infection are given
This Bulletin describes a recently reported fatal case of Alaskapox in an immunosuppressed resident of the Kenai Peninsula.
MacNeill AL
This review provides a brief history of the impacts that a human-specific Orthopoxvirus (OPXV), Variola virus, had on mankind, recalls how critical vaccination was for the eradication of this disease, and discusses the consequences of discontinuing vaccination against OPXV.
On-demand recording: Alaskapox Virus: An Emerging Animal-to-Human Infectious Disease?
Gigante CM, Gao J, Tang S, McCollum AM, Wilkins K, Reynolds MG, Davidson W, McLaughlin J, Olson VA, Li Y.
also provides background information on Orthopoxviruses