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Detection of vaccinia virus DNA on the LightCycler by fluorescence melting curve analysis.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Jun 2005
Nitsche Andreas, Steger Brigitte, Ellerbrok Heinz, Pauli Georg
Abstract excerpt
After eradication of variola virus the worldwide vaccination program was stopped to avoid the severe complications observed in a small fraction of vaccinees. Hence, there is at least one non-vaccinated generation in the human population that is immunologically naive with respect to variola virus infections. The possibility of a deliberate release of variola virus by bioterrorist attacks has led to the resumption...
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