poxvirus
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- noun
- /ˈpɒksˌvaɪrəs/
- Specialized
- She is involved in the diagnosis and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, especially Rift Valley fever, poxvirus diseases, and bluetongue.
- Poxvirus Laboratory
Examples
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There are several instances of well-preserved corpses and tissues that have been examined for poxvirus viability and viral DNA.
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She is interested in poxvirus diagnosis and surveillance and has developed kits for detecting poxviruses.
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We present the historical and scientific accounts of each of these specimens with their respective laboratory results, which represent published and more recent data from the CDC Poxvirus Laboratory.
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Dr. McCollum is an epidemiologist in the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Existing specimens at the CDC Poxvirus Laboratory (tissues from Egypt, Italy, and England) were reexamined using modern molecular techniques.
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The Poxvirus Laboratory at the CDC recently reviewed this data and reexamined specimens from the inventory to revisit the existence of sections of intact DNA by using more modern methods.
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Given that the poxvirus genomes in our study were characterized directly from clinical samples, it is plausible that this smaller range of diversity for VARV is only the result of a genetic bottleneck that occurred during cell culture isolation.
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The research team studied the effects of poxvirus on vertebrates to better understand its transmission.
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Vaccination campaigns have significantly reduced the incidence of diseases caused by poxvirus, such as smallpox.
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Scientists are investigating how poxvirus can be used in gene therapy due to its ability to infect certain cells.
Synonyms
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3.2
A very small germ that can only live inside cells and often causes illness
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A virus that infects animals, not plants or bacteria
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Poxvirus comes from pox, an old English word that meant a 'sore' or 'blister' and appears in words like smallpox, and virus, the modern word for a 'tiny germ' that causes disease. So a poxvirus is a virus that makes those pox sores on the skin, as in smallpox or cowpox.