An international research team has now investigated the structure of the poxvirus prototype, the vaccinia virus (VACV). The work is published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

Variola is a member of the Poxvirus family of viruses. A close relative of variola within the Poxvirus family, called vaccinia, does not cause smallpox and is used as a vaccine for smallpox (in fact, ...

The FDA has approved a new freeze-dried formulation of Jynneos (smallpox and mpox vaccine, live, non-replicating).

About the GeoVax MVA Platform GeoVax’s vaccine platform utilizes modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), a large virus capable of carrying several vaccine antigens, that expresses proteins that assemble into ...

China on Thursday reported an outbreak of monkeypox virus, specifically the Ib sub-branch, with four associated cases. The ...

In recent years evidence has accumulated that the minute agents of virus diseases such as smallpox, vaccinia and influenza, which are capable of passing through fine filters that stop the passage ...

Recombinant MPXV A35R protein, which is similar to Vaccinia virus A33R protein, has been created by Sino Biological. A33R protein from the Vaccinia virus is a homolog of MPXV A35R protein.