Abstracts summarizing recent research overseen by the WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research - 2009

Overview

2009 report on the variola collection
The WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxviruses at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

2009 report on support for development of second and third generation smallpox vaccines
WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxvirus Infections Atlanta, USA

2009 report on the use of live Variola virus to evaluate therapeutic modalities: in vitro studies
The WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxviruses at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

Determination of whether variola infection of Cynomys ludovicanus is a suitable animal model for human smallpox
WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxvirus Infections Atlanta, USA

Protein-based diagnostic development
WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxvirus Infections Atlanta, USA

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