As the fear of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic subsides, countries
around the globe are now dealing with a fear of the epidemic surrounding the prevalence of …

Poxviruses as a group can infect a large number of animals. However, at the level of
individual viruses, even closely related poxviruses display highly diverse host ranges and …

The survival of viruses depends on their ability to resist host defenses and, of all animal virus
families, the poxviruses have the most antidefense genes. Orthopoxviruses (ORPV), a genus …

INTRODUCTION Variola virus (VARV), the causative agent of smallpox, is estimated to have
killed between 300 million and 500 million people in the 20​ th century and was …

African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes hemorrhagic fever in domestic pigs, presenting the
biggest global threat to animal farming in recorded history. Despite the importance of ASFV …

This review provides an update of the genetic content, phylogeny and evolution of the family
Adenoviridae. An appraisal of the condition of adenovirus genomics highlights the need to …

Despite the success of the WHO-led smallpox eradication programme a quarter of a century
ago, there remains considerable fear that variola virus, or other related pathogenic …

While monkeypox was previously found in Africa, the bulk of occurrences in the present
outbreak are being reported in many countries. It is not yet known how this outbreak began …

The evolutionary relationships of 26 sequenced members of the poxvirus family have been
investigated by comparing their genome organization and gene content and by using DNA …

For many viruses, one or two proteins enable cell binding, membrane fusion and entry. The
large number of proteins employed by poxviruses is unprecedented and may be related to …