Ectromelia virus

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus Reovirus type 3 Sendai virus Ectromelia virus K virus... 

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Smith VP, Alcami A. Expression of secreted cytokine and chemokine inhibitors by ectromelia virus. J Virol 2000 74 8460-8471. 

Jackson RJ, Ramsay A], Christersen CD et al. Expression of mouse interleukin-4 hy a recombinant ectromelia virus suppresses cytolytic lymphocyte responses and overcomes genetic resistance to mousepox. J Virol 2001 75 1205-1210. 

Jackson DC, Ada GL, Tha Hla R. Cytotoxic T cells recognize very early minor changes in ectromelia virus-infected target cells. Aust. J Exp Biol Med Sci 1976 54 349-363. 

Arnold PL, Fremont DH. Structural determinants of chemokine binding by an ectromelia virus-encoded decoy receptor. J Virol 2006 80(15) 7439-7449. 

Ruiz-Arguello MB, Smith VP, Campanella GS et al. An ectromelia virus protein that interacts with chemokines through their glycosaminoglycan binding domain. J Virol 2008 82(2) 917-926. 

Smith VP, Bryant NA, Alcami A. Ectromelia, vaccinia and cowpox viruses encode secreted interleukin-18- binding proteins. J Gen Virol 2000 81 1223-1230. 

Saraiva M, Smith P, Fallon PG et al. Inhibition of Type 1 cytokine-mediated inflammation by a soluble CD30 homologue encoded by ectromelia (mousepox) virus. J Exp Med 2002 196(6) 829-839. 

Russian scientists may have continued work on this virus. This includes the introduction of Ebola and VEE genes into smallpox to create a whole new kind of BW agent, a so-called chimera virus. This would not only resist vaccine or anti-viral treatments, but also have a synergistic effect. In the late 1980s, a strain of a combined ectromelia (mousepox, a close relative of smallpox) and VEE genes created symptoms of both diseases in laboratory animals. Ken Alibek is convinced that this BW-related research work still continues in Russia, despite Yeltsin s decree banning all such activity. ... 

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