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    • Genomic Sequencing and Phylogenomics of Cowpox Virus 

      Diaz Cánova, Diana Karina; Mavian, Carla; Brinkmann, Annika; Nitsche, Andreas; Moens, Ugo; Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-28)
      <i>Cowpox virus</i> (CPXV; genus <i>Orthopoxvirus</i>; family <i>Poxviridae</i>) is the causative agent of cowpox, a self-limiting zoonotic infection. CPXV is endemic in Eurasia, and human CPXV infections are associated with exposure to infected animals. In the Fennoscandian region, five CPXVs isolated from cats and humans were collected and used in this study. We report the complete sequence of ...

    • Hazard Characterization of Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Vector: What Are the Knowledge Gaps? 

      Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi; Okoli, Arinze Stanley; Diaz Canova, Diana Karina; Oludotun, Taiwo G.; Tryland, Morten; Bøhn, Thomas; Moens, Ugo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-29)
      Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is the vector of choice for human and veterinary applications due to its strong safety profile and immunogenicity in vivo. The use of MVA and MVA-vectored vaccines against human and animal diseases must comply with regulatory requirements as they pertain to environmental risk assessment, particularly the characterization of potential adverse effects to humans, ...

    • In vitro host range, multiplication and virion forms of recombinant viruses obtained from co-infection in vitro with a vaccinia-vectored influenza vaccine and a naturally occurring cowpox virus isolate 

      Tryland, Morten; Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi; Nilssen, Øivind; Moens, Ugo; Traavik, Terje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-05-12)
      Background: Poxvirus-vectored vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer are currently under development. We hypothesized that the extensive use of poxvirus-vectored vaccine in future might result in co-infection and recombination between the vaccine virus and naturally occurring poxviruses, resulting in hybrid viruses with unpredictable characteristics. Previously, we confirmed that ...

    • Molecular characterization and phylogenetics of Fennoscandian cowpox virus isolates based on the p4c and atip genes 

      Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi; Okoli, Arinze Stanley; Nilssen, Øivind; Moens, Ugo; Tryland, Morten; Bøhn, Thomas; Traavik, Terje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Background: Cowpox virus (CPXV), a rodent-borne Orthopoxvirus (OPV) that is indigenous to Eurasia can infect humans, cattle, felidae and other animals. Molecular characterization of CPXVs isolated from different geographic locations is important for the understanding of their biology, geographic distribution, classification and evolution. Our aim was to characterize CPXVs isolated from Fennoscandia ...

    • Monkeypox Virus in Nigeria: Infection Biology, Epidemiology, and Evolution 

      Alakunle, Emmanuel; Moens, Ugo; Nchinda, Godwin; Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-05)
      Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state) after 39 years of no reported case in Nigeria, and the export of travelers’ monkeypox (MPX) from Nigeria to other parts of the world, in 2018 and 2019, respectively, have raised concern that MPXV may have emerged to occupy the ecological and ...

    • Orthopoxvirus DNA in Eurasian Lynx, Sweden 

      Tryland, Morten; Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi; Hård af Segerstad, Carl; Mörner, Torsten; Traavik, Ingemar Terje; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Cowpox virus, which has been used to protect humans against smallpox but may cause severe disease in immunocompromised persons, has reemerged in humans, domestic cats, and other animal species in Europe. Orthopoxvirus (OPV) DNA was detected in tissues (lung, kidney, spleen) in 24 (9%) of 263 free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Sweden. Thymidine kinase gene amplicon sequences (339 bp) from ...