Poxvirus viability and signatures in historical relics

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-184

  McCollum, Andrea M ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Wilkins, Kimberly ^a   Karem, Kevin L ^a   Davidson, Whitni B ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^a   Damon, Inger K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; HISTORICAL RELICS; MUMMIES; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS; SIGNATURES; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA; VARIOLA; VIABILITY; VIRUSES;

AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DNA, VIRAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VACCINATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 84892587774     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.131098     Document Type: Article

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