DNA: When WHO declared the world free of Smallpox in 1980
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May 08, 2023, 23:16 PM ISTDelhi reports its first case of monkeypox| Zee English News| Health
A 31-year-old guy with no history of overseas travel was diagnosed with monkeypox in Delhi on July 24. The previous three cases of monkeypox in India were reported from Kerala.
Jul 24, 2022, 20:00 PM ISTMonkeypox virus outbreak: German panel recommends vaccines as cases cross over 1000 globally
Amid rising cases, Germany's independent vaccine advisory panel said that the smallpox vaccine Imvanex should be made available first to people who were exposed to the monkeypox virus in the previous 14 days.
Jun 09, 2022, 21:52 PM ISTKeep a close watch on situation: Centre directs officials amid Monkeypox cases in Europe, US
"They have been instructed that any sick passenger with a travel history to Monkeypox-affected countries be isolated and samples sent to the BSL4 facility of the National Institute of Virology in Pune for an investigation," an official source said.
May 20, 2022, 23:22 PM ISTMonkeypox: Cases reported in US, UK, parts of Europe; UK alerts gay, bisexual men about virus
Monkeypox is a rare but potentially serious viral illness that typically begins with flu-like illness and swelling of the lymph nodes and progresses to a rash on the face and body, say experts
May 20, 2022, 07:34 AM ISTChinese experts to test long-lasting HIV vaccine on humans
The candidate vaccine, known as DNA-rTV, relies on replication of the virus' DNA to stimulate "effective immunization" against the virus.
Jul 19, 2019, 15:36 PM ISTEmergence of smallpox is recent, claims study
Till now, it was thought to have appeared in human population thousands of years ago in ancient India, China and Egypt but this study has furnished a fact that is otherwise.
Dec 09, 2016, 17:38 PM IST