Post-exposure vaccination with vaccinia virus (VACV) has been suggested to be effective in
minimizing death if administered within four days of smallpox exposure. While there is …

The New York City Board of Health (NYCBH) vaccinia virus (VACV) vaccine strain was
deleted for the immune evasion gene, E3L, and tested for its pathogenicity and ability to …

Dendritic cells (DCs) are effector cells linking the innate immune system with the adaptive
immune response. Many viruses eliminate DCs to prevent host response, induce …

Newborns are considered difficult to protect against infections shortly after birth, due to their
ineffective immune system that shows quantitative and qualitative differences compared to …

Pneumonia, an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is caused by a variety
of infectious agents, including viruses such as influenza virus, variola virus (agent of …

Nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) is a pleiotropic transcription factor that regulates the expression of
immune response genes. NF-κB signaling can be disrupted by pathogens that prevent host …

This dissertation is a contribution to the MeSH Termbase Project monitored by the
Terminology Centre (CvT) of the LT3 research group in the Department of Translation …

Tatsächlich gelang es im Jahre 1980 nach Jahrzehnte langer Impfkampagne und infolge
der Tatsache, dass Variolavirus ein obligat humanpathogener Krankheitserreger ist, die …