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cowpox virus

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cowpox virus [′kau̇‚päks ‚vī·rəs]
(virology)
The causative agent of cowpox in cattle.


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Cowpox virus is carried by rodents, chiefly voles and woodmice.
Cowpox virus was useful because it enabled smallpox virus to be tackled.
Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the family Poxviridae, genus Orthopoxvirus (OPV), and is closely related to other species, such as variola virus, vaccinia virus (VV), and monkeypox virus.
 
 
 
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