All three sources are limited, the first as to scope of diseases, the second as to time, and the third as to age coverage and degree of completeness in reporting (especially during the war years, 1939-45, which have been ignored). Mortality is referred to where the figures are of interest. The diseases studied are dealt with in the following order: chicken-pox, diphtheria, german measles (rubel...

The family Poxviridae consists of large double-stranded DNA containing viruses that replicate exclusively in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Members of the orthopox genus include variola, the causative agent of human small pox, monkeypox, and vaccinia (VAC), the prototypic member of the virus family. Within the relatively large (approximately 200 kb) vaccinia genome, three classes of genes are...

Members the Potyviridae family belong to a group of plant viruses that are causing devastating plant diseases with a significant impact on agronomy and economics. Plum pox virus (PPV), as a causative agent of sharka disease, is widely discussed. The understanding of the molecular biology of potyviruses including PPV and the function of individual proteins as products of genome expression are qu...

The family Poxviridae consists of large double-stranded DNA containing viruses that replicate exclusively in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Members of the orthopox genus include variola, the causative agent of human small pox, monkeypox, and vaccinia (VAC), the prototypic member of the virus family. Within the relatively large (approximately 200 kb) vaccinia genome, three classes of genes are...

To the Editor, The; Indian Medical Gazette;. Sir,?In the correspondence columns of your issues for May 1927 and January 1928, I find physicians reporting on arthritis as a sequel of small-pox. From my own personal experience of a case now on my hands, I can safely state that multiple arthritis is not an uncommon complication?or rather sequel?of small-pox, especially where sepsis has occurred in...

Plum pox virus (PPV) is the causal agent of Sharka disease. Since its discovery, Sharka has been considered as a calamity in plum orchards. PPV is present worldwide in many Prunus species, causing great economic losses. In highly susceptible plum varieties, such as Požegača, PPV causes a premature fruit drop and reduces fruit quality, which leads to total yield loss. Eight PPV strains (PPV-M, P...

on Poisons", published in 1702, calls attention to the long period of latency in rabies. In " A Discourse on the Plague"" (London, 1720), he shows that sudden seizures should be attributed not to fright but to infection, and says " contagion is a real poison"; the whole argument as to contagion is as fully stated as in any recent discussions on cholera or typhus. He is among the first to remark...

Edward Jenner's Inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae ... known by the name of the cow pox, published in 1798, contains the evidence on which he based his claim that inoculated cowpox (later called vaccination) induced lifelong immunity to smallpox. He did one vaccination in 1796, but more important was the small series of vaccinations done in 1798 which showed that vacci...

In the preceding point narrative, Drs. Bray and Popkin provide their opinion and review data that suggest to them that we need to reconsider the consumption of dietary sugar based on the growing concern of obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the counterpoint narrative below, we argue that there is no clear or convincing evidence that any dietary or added sugar has a unique or detrimental impact rel...