smallpox
Ancient Viking Variola Virus Genomes Shed Light on Evolution of Modern Smallpox Virus
Researchers used sequence data from variola virus strains in 11 "Viking Age" individuals from northern Europe to gain new clues about smallpox evolution.
Smallpox Vaccine Strains From US Civil War Era Identified Through Metagenomic Sequencing
By sequencing samples from historical vaccination kits, a team from McMaster University identified which viruses were in use as smallpox vaccine strains.
Smallpox Evolution, History Explored With Genome Sequence From Ancient Remains
A sequenced variola virus isolate from the 1600s points to a relatively recent common ancestor for viruses involved in 20th century smallpox infections.
Ancient Indigenous Exomes Reveal History, Post-Colonization Immune Selection Shift
By sequencing ancient and contemporary indigenous individuals from Canada's Pacific Coast, researchers uncovered clues to a post-colonization population bottleneck.
The agreement provides Akonni access to nucleic acid sequences, primers, and probes for several important biothreat agents, which it will incorporate into molecular tests on its TruArray and TruSentry platforms.