Scientists Learn How Poxviruses Defeat the Body's Host Defense (IMAGE)

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center

Scientists Learn How Poxviruses Defeat the Body's Host Defense

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Smallpox virus magnified approximately 370,000 times. Smallpox, which killed millions of humans through the ages, ranks among the world's most feared bioterrorism agents. In a new report, virologists from the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and collaborators at Oklahoma State University demonstrate how poxviruses such as smallpox defeat the body's host immune defenses.

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CDC / Dr. Fred Murphy; Sylvia Whitfield

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