Characterization of Two Historic Smallpox Specimens from a Czech Museum

Characterization of Two Historic Smallpox Specimens from a Czech Museum

Although smallpox has been known for centuries, the oldest available variola virus strains were isolated in the early 1940s. At that time, large regions of the world were already smallpox-free. Therefore, genetic information of these strains can represent only the very last fraction of a long evolut...

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Main Authors: Petr Pajer, Jiri Dresler, Hana Kabíckova, Libor Písa, Pavel Aganov, Karel Fucik, Daniel Elleder, Tomas Hron, Vitezslav Kuzelka, Petr Velemínsky, Jana Klimentova, Alena Fucikova, Jaroslav Pejchal, Rita Hrabakova, Vladimir Benes, Tobias Rausch, Pavel Dundr, Alexander Pilin, Radomir Cabala, Martin Hubalek, Jan Stríbrny, Markus H. Antwerpen, Hermann Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
smallpox
variola virus
evolution
next generation sequencing
historic specimen
phylogeny
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/8/200

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