{"id":1514480,"date":"2022-06-14T06:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1514480"},"modified":"2022-06-14T06:49:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:49:18","slug":"wuhan-lab-isolated-causative-agent-of-virus-closely-related-to-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wuhan-lab-isolated-causative-agent-of-virus-closely-related-to-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"Wuhan Lab Isolated &#8220;Causative Agent&#8221; Of Virus &#8220;Closely Related&#8221; To Monkeypox"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwuhan-lab-isolated-causative-agent-of-virus-closely-related-to-monkeypox%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1514480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology isolated new strains of a virus that is \u201cclosely related\u201d to Monkeypox in a recently published study.<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed paper follows The National Pulse unearthing another study published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/05\/17\/wuhan-lab-scrubs-ccp-awards-ties\/\">controversial<\/a> Chinese lab that detailed the assembly of new monkeypox virus <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/05\/22\/wuhan-assembled-monkeypox-strains\/\">strains<\/a> in February 2022. The work came just months before the latest international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/20\/world-health-organization-confirms-80-cases-of-monkeypox-with-outbreaks-in-11-countries.html\">outbreak<\/a>\u00a0of monkeypox cases which appear to have now reached the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology authored the newly uncovered paper \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12250-020-00263-w\">Identification<\/a>, Isolation, and Characterization of an Ectromelia Virus New Strain from an Experimental Mouse<\/em>,\u201d originally published on July 21st, 2020. It was later included in the Wuhan Institute of Virology\u2019s scientific journal <em>Virologica Sinica<\/em> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The study describes the \u201cisolation\u201d of a new strain of Ectromelia Virus (ECTV) \u2013 \u201cECTV-WH\u201d \u2013 from an experimental mouse brain. The strain was flagged as potentially having \u201chigher replication efficiency in vivo and higher transmitting efficiency to cause respiratory infection in mice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers also warn that ECTV is highly similar to Monkeypox:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cECTV is closely related to Variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, and Monkeypox virus, the causative agent of a severe zoonosis. It is an attractive virus model for study of poxvirus pathogenesis, viral immune and inflammatory responses, and could be used for antiviral and vaccine tests.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of the study\u2019s publication, the Wuhan Institute of Virology\u2019s ECTV strain was \u201cpreserved in the National Virus Resource Center.\u201d Additionally, researchers noted it \u201ccould be provided as an important virus resource for study on poxvirus.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/06\/12\/scientists-propose-changing-name-of-monkeypox-virus-to-be-non-discriminatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22\"><\/p>\n<style scoped> .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#eaeaea; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #34495E!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22:active, .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 0.95; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#C0392B; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22 .postTitle { color:#000000; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u63371068ad0520308b93bf5d4e386d22:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style>\n<div><span class=\"ctaText\">MUST READ:<\/span>\u00a0 <span class=\"postTitle\">\ud83d\udc40 Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It &#8216;Non-Discriminatory\u2019 and \u2018Non-Stigmatizing\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The study was supported by several Chinese Communist Party-run scientific groups including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/06\/21\/nih-signed-mou-with-chinese-science-org-funding-pla\/\">military<\/a>-linked entities including the National Natural Science Foundation of China.<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed study follows the Wuhan Institute of Virology <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/10\/27\/wuhan-report-boasted-of-human-infecting-covid\/\">conducting<\/a>\u00a0similar research into strains of bat coronaviruses that could infect humans while admitting its facilities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/06\/02\/nih-hosted-wuhan-lab-director-asserting-no-regulation\/\">lacked<\/a>\u00a0proper laboratory safety protocols.<\/p>\n<h4>Read:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.memberful.com\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology isolated new strains of a virus that is \u201cclosely related\u201d to Monkeypox in a recently published study. 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