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Variola major infectious disease

MedGen UID:
740750
Concept ID:
C1812609
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Variola major; variola major infectious disease
SNOMED CT: Variola major (47452006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000338

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Sudarmaji N, Kifli N, Hermansyah A, Yeoh SF, Goh BH, Ming LC
Viruses 2022 Nov 11;14(11) doi: 10.3390/v14112496. PMID: 36423105Free PMC Article
Rizk JG, Lippi G, Henry BM, Forthal DN, Rizk Y
Drugs 2022 Jun;82(9):957-963. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1007/s40265-022-01742-y. PMID: 35763248Free PMC Article
Dembek ZF, Chekol T, Wu A
Epidemiol Infect 2018 Jul;146(10):1207-1215. Epub 2018 May 8 doi: 10.1017/S095026881800119X. PMID: 29734964Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tuells J, Henao-Martínez AF, Franco-Paredes C
Arch Med Res 2022 Nov;53(7):649-657. Epub 2022 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.10.005. PMID: 36404585
Singhal T, Kabra SK, Lodha R
Indian J Pediatr 2022 Oct;89(10):955-960. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04348-0. PMID: 35947269Free PMC Article
Rathjen NA, Shahbodaghi SD
Am Fam Physician 2021 Oct 1;104(4):376-385. PMID: 34652097
Abegaz SB
Biomed Res Int 2021;2021:6629060. Epub 2021 Jan 23 doi: 10.1155/2021/6629060. PMID: 33564677Free PMC Article
Petersen E, Kantele A, Koopmans M, Asogun D, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):1027-1043. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.03.001. PMID: 30981594Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Elsayed S, Bondy L, Hanage WP
Clin Microbiol Rev 2022 Dec 21;35(4):e0009222. Epub 2022 Nov 14 doi: 10.1128/cmr.00092-22. PMID: 36374082Free PMC Article
Singhal T, Kabra SK, Lodha R
Indian J Pediatr 2022 Oct;89(10):955-960. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04348-0. PMID: 35947269Free PMC Article
Meyer H, Ehmann R, Smith GL
Viruses 2020 Jan 24;12(2) doi: 10.3390/v12020138. PMID: 31991671Free PMC Article
Petersen E, Kantele A, Koopmans M, Asogun D, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):1027-1043. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.03.001. PMID: 30981594Free PMC Article
McCollum AM, Damon IK
Clin Infect Dis 2014 Jan;58(2):260-7. Epub 2013 Oct 24 doi: 10.1093/cid/cit703. PMID: 24158414

Therapy

Kaur N, Dabar J, Bassi P
Indian J Pharmacol 2024 Mar 1;56(2):129-135. Epub 2024 Apr 30 doi: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_156_23. PMID: 38687317Free PMC Article
Hatmal MM, Al-Hatamleh MAI, Olaimat AN, Ahmad S, Hasan H, Ahmad Suhaimi NA, Albakri KA, Abedalbaset Alzyoud A, Kadir R, Mohamud R
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):2600-2631. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2132882. PMID: 36263798Free PMC Article
Singhal T, Kabra SK, Lodha R
Indian J Pediatr 2022 Oct;89(10):955-960. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04348-0. PMID: 35947269Free PMC Article
Rizk JG, Lippi G, Henry BM, Forthal DN, Rizk Y
Drugs 2022 Jun;82(9):957-963. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1007/s40265-022-01742-y. PMID: 35763248Free PMC Article
Rathjen NA, Shahbodaghi SD
Am Fam Physician 2021 Oct 1;104(4):376-385. PMID: 34652097

Prognosis

Altman NL, Berning AA, Mann SC, Quaife RA, Gill EA, Auerbach SR, Campbell TB, Bristow MR
Circ Res 2023 May 12;132(10):1338-1357. Epub 2023 May 11 doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321881. PMID: 37167355Free PMC Article
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Reid MJA, Goosby E
BMJ 2018 Sep 25;362:k3918. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3918. PMID: 30254022
Lippi D, Gotuzzo E, Caini S
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Aug;4(4) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0012-2015. PMID: 27726771
Weaver JR, Isaacs SN
Immunol Rev 2008 Oct;225:96-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00691.x. PMID: 18837778Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Freyn AW, Atyeo C, Earl PL, Americo JL, Chuang GY, Natarajan H, Frey TR, Gall JG, Moliva JI, Hunegnaw R, Asthagiri Arunkumar G, Ogega CO, Nasir A, Santos G, Levin RH, Meni A, Jorquera PA, Bennett H, Johnson JA, Durney MA, Stewart-Jones G, Hooper JW, Colpitts TM, Alter G, Sullivan NJ, Carfi A, Moss B
Sci Transl Med 2023 Oct 4;15(716):eadg3540. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg3540. PMID: 37792954
Cohn H, Bloom N, Cai GY, Clark JJ, Tarke A, Bermúdez-González MC, Altman DR, Lugo LA, Lobo FP, Marquez S; PVI study group, Chen JQ, Ren W, Qin L, Yates JL, Hunt DT, Lee WT, Crotty S, Krammer F, Grifoni A, Sette A, Simon V, Coelho CH
Lancet Infect Dis 2023 Nov;23(11):1302-1312. Epub 2023 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00352-3. PMID: 37475115Free PMC Article
Adamo S, Gao Y, Sekine T, Mily A, Wu J, Storgärd E, Westergren V, Filén F, Treutiger CJ, Sandberg JK, Sällberg M, Bergman P, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Ljunggren HG, Price DA, Ekström AM, Sette A, Grifoni A, Buggert M
Cell Host Microbe 2023 Jun 14;31(6):928-936.e4. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.04.015. PMID: 37236191Free PMC Article
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Weaver JR, Isaacs SN
Immunol Rev 2008 Oct;225:96-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00691.x. PMID: 18837778Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Liu H, Wang W, Zhang Y, Wang F, Duan J, Huang T, Huang X, Zhang T
Emerg Microbes Infect 2024 Dec;13(1):2387442. Epub 2024 Aug 16 doi: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2387442. PMID: 39082272Free PMC Article
Sanchez Clemente N, Coles C, Paixao ES, Brickley EB, Whittaker E, Alfven T, Rulisa S, Agudelo Higuita N, Torpiano P, Agravat P, Thorley EV, Drysdale SB, Le Doare K, Muyembe Tamfum JJ
Lancet Glob Health 2024 Apr;12(4):e572-e588. Epub 2024 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00607-1. PMID: 38401556Free PMC Article
Eslami A, Alimoghadam S, Khoshravesh S, Shirani M, Alimoghadam R, Alavi Darazam I
J Chemother 2024 Apr;36(2):85-109. Epub 2023 Dec 9 doi: 10.1080/1120009X.2023.2289270. PMID: 38069596
Sudarmaji N, Kifli N, Hermansyah A, Yeoh SF, Goh BH, Ming LC
Viruses 2022 Nov 11;14(11) doi: 10.3390/v14112496. PMID: 36423105Free PMC Article
Beer EM, Rao VB
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 Oct;13(10):e0007791. Epub 2019 Oct 16 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791. PMID: 31618206Free PMC Article

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