Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

This is a great data-driven short documentary by Neil Halloran about how smallpox was eradicated from the face of the Earth.

Smallpox, which is caused by the variola ... Testing in both human cell lines and mouse models, the researchers compared virus replication in models with vaccinia virus strains to those given ...

Poxviruses are a family of large, double-stranded DNA viruses, which include variola virus (smallpox), monkeypox ... host ...

The common cold, chicken pox, cold sores, AIDS ... which are necessary for viral replication inside the cell. Some viruses also have a lipid envelope embedded with proteins.

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, while herpes simplex virus (HSV) is responsible for oral and genital herpes. Although current treatments mainly focus on inhibiting viral ...

Examples include the highly successful smallpox, measles ... pair–biased sequence to generate two viable viruses with reduced translation and replication.

If the clinical sample contains viable virus, cytopathic effects due to the herpes virus replication occur after several days, signaling the recovery of HSV-1/2 and VZV from the sample.