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Ectromelia, Infectious

Known as: Infectious Ectromelia, Mousepox, Mouse Pox 
A viral infection of mice, causing edema and necrosis followed by limb loss.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Modulation of NKp30- and NKp46-Mediated Natural Killer Cell Responses by Poxviral Hemagglutinin
Natural killer (NK) cells are an important element in the immune defense against the orthopox family members vaccinia virus (VV… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Survival of lethal poxvirus infection in mice depends on TLR9, and therapeutic vaccination provides protection.
Poxviruses such as the causative agent of smallpox have developed multiple strategies to suppress immune responses, including the… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Ectromelia virus: the causative agent of mousepox.
Ectromelia virus (ECTV) is an orthopoxvirus whose natural host is the mouse; it is related closely to Variola virus, the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Polarized type 1 cytokine response and cell-mediated immunity determine genetic resistance to mousepox
Ectromelia virus (ECTV), a natural mouse pathogen and an orthopoxvirus, has been used to investigate the correlation between… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Identification of Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 as an Innate Resistance Locus against Ectromelia Virus Infection
ABSTRACT To assess whether nitric oxide synthase 2(NOS2) fulfills the criteria of an innate resistance locus against an acute… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Neutralizing epitope on penetration protein of vaccinia virus.
The monoclonal antibody 2D5 neutralized vaccinia virus by preventing penetration of the virus and reacting with VP23-29K. The… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Importance of interferons in recovery from mousepox
Gamma interferon is shown to be critical in recovery of C57BL/6 mice from mousepox. Anti-gamma interferon treatment of mice… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Induction of cytotoxic T-cell responses in vivo in the absence of CD4 helper cells
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) seem to provide the major line of defence against many viruses. CTL effector functions are mediated… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Major transplantation antigens, viruses, and specificity of surveillance T cells.
The altered-self hypothesis is an attempt to explain why thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) apparently lyse only virus-infected… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
MECHANISMS OF RECOVERY FROM A GENERALIZED VIRAL INFECTION: MOUSEPOX
The following passive transfer experiments evaluated the contributions of the various host responses in recovery from mousepox… 
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