Abstracts summarizing recent research overseen by the WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research - 2008

Overview

Diagnostic Development at the CDC: Update 2008 – antibodies and protein based diagnostics

Testing of virus-neutralizing activities of the recombinant human antibodies against pathogenic orthopoxviruses

2008 report on support for development of second and third generation smallpox vaccines
The WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxviruses at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA

Update on the current status of the collection of variola virus strains
10th Meeting of WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research, Geneva, November 19-20, 2008

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