Another case of mistaken identity? Vaccinia virus in another live Camelpox vaccine.

In this study, we demonstrate that yet another high passage, live attenuated vaccine, comprising a different strain of Camelpox virus, contains genomic sequences that match a differing strain of Vaccinia virus. These results are discussed in the context of hypotheses put forward to explain the unknown origins of Vaccinia virus, suggesting further studies to elucidate evolutionary trajectories of Orthopoxviruses through passaging. PMID: 32334926 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Biologicals : Journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tags: Biologicals Source Type: research