TY - JOUR AU - Poccia, Fabrizio AU - Gioia, Cristiana AU - Montesano, Carla AU - Martini, Federico AU - Horejsh, Douglas AU - Castilletti, Concetta AU - Pucillo, Leopoldo Paolo AU - Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria AU - Ippolito, Giuseppe T1 - Flow Cytometry and T-Cell Response Monitoring after Smallpox Vaccination T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 11 SP - 1468 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Orthopoxvirus zoonosis or smallpox as result of bioterrorism or biological warfare represents a risk for epidemic spread. By monitoring T-cell responses by flow cytometry, we observed a recall response after recent vaccination against smallpox. When the high similarity between the orthopoxviruses is considered, this rapid assay that uses vaccinia antigens could identify recently exposures. KW - Orthopoxvirus KW - monkeypox KW - cowpox KW - camelpox KW - cytomegalovirus KW - CMV KW - vaccinia KW - antigen KW - intracellular KW - cytokines KW - vaccine KW - exposed KW - flow cytometry KW - Italy KW - mpox DO - 10.3201/eid0911.030349 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/11/03-0349_article ER - End of Reference