The Origin of the Variola Virus

The rediscovery of smallpox

(2014) C. Thèves et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prediction of Steps in the Evolution of Variola Virus Host Range

(2014) Chad Smithson et al.   PLoS One

Nanobodies: Natural Single-Domain Antibodies

(2013) Serge Muyldermans   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Immunity and the emergence of virulent pathogens

(2013) Gabriele Sorci et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Poxviruses and the evolution of host range and virulence

(2013) Sherry L. Haller et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genome-Wide Comparison of Cowpox Viruses Reveals a New Clade Related to Variola Virus

(2013) Piotr Wojtek Dabrowski et al.   PLoS One

Myxomatosis in Australia and Europe: A model for emerging infectious diseases

(2012) Peter J Kerr   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

Poxvirus Use a “Gene Accordion” to Tune Out Host Defenses

(2012) John R. Roth et al.   CELL

A retrospective study of the orthopoxvirus molecular evolution

(2012) Igor V. Babkin et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A survey of host range genes in poxvirus genomes

(2012) Kirsten A. Bratke et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Variola Virus in a 300-Year-Old Siberian Mummy

(2012) Philippe Biagini et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents

(2012) Peter J. Kerr et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genes in the terminal regions of orthopoxvirus genomes experience adaptive molecular evolution

(2011) David J Esteban et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular Dating in the Evolution of Vertebrate Poxviruses

(2011) Igor V. Babkin et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Chasing Jenner's Vaccine: Revisiting Cowpox Virus Classification

(2011) Darin S. Carroll et al.   PLoS One

Viral mutation and substitution: units and levels

(2011) Robert Belshaw et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Using Time-Structured Data to Estimate Evolutionary Rates of Double-Stranded DNA Viruses

(2010) C. Firth et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mechanisms of viral emergence

(2010) Esteban Domingo   VETERINARY RESEARCH

Orthopoxvirus Genome Evolution: The Role of Gene Loss

(2010) Robert Curtis Hendrickson et al.   Viruses-Basel

How long ago did smallpox virus emerge?

(2009) Sergei N. Shchelkunov   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

The evolutionary biology of poxviruses

(2009) Austin L. Hughes et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Poxvirus Proteomics and Virus-Host Protein Interactions

(2009) K. Van Vliet et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and Paleopathology

(2009) Robert J. Littman   MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Phylogenetics and Ecology of the Orthopoxviruses Endemic to North America

(2009) Ginny L. Emerson et al.   PLoS One

Proteomic screening of variola virus reveals a unique NF- B inhibitor that is highly conserved among pathogenic orthopoxviruses

(2009) M. R. Mohamed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Zoonotic poxviruses

(2009) Sandra Essbauer et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

When good vaccines go wild: Feral Orthopoxvirus in developing countries and beyond

(2009) Nissin Moussatché et al.   Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Identification of Hot Spots in the Variola Virus Complement Inhibitor (SPICE) for Human Complement Regulation

(2008) V. N. Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Comparative analysis of variable regions in the variola virus genome

(2008) I. V. Babkin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Rates of evolutionary change in viruses: patterns and determinants

(2008) Siobain Duffy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS