The approved live-virus smallpox vaccine includes the vaccinia virus, a less harmful member of the Orthopoxvirus family that helps the body develop defenses against smallpox infection. A few years ...

SIGA Technologies has gained Japanese regulatory approval for TEPOXX (tecovirimat) 200mg capsules, known as TPOXX in the US, for the treatment of smallpox, mpox and cowpox, and complications following ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus. There are two distinct clades of the virus: clade I (with subclades Ia ...

Here we describe historical, current and future therapies to treat orthopoxvirus diseases. Scott Parker, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences ...

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