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poxvirus

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poxvirus

Any of a group of viruses responsible for a wide range of pox diseases in humans and other animals. Poxvirus was the cause of smallpox. (Human chickenpox is caused by varicella-zoster virus.) The virus particle is somewhat brick-shaped, and its surface is studded with hollow spikes. It contains DNA. Unlike other DNA viruses, poxviruses appear to develop entirely within the cytoplasm of affected cells. The virus of rabbitpox has been used with mixed success in Australia to control the wild rabbit population.
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Molluscum contagiosum is a virus-induced epithelial hyperplasia produced by a DNA poxvirus.
Molluscum contagiosum by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Inside the cells, enzymes strip away HDP-CDV's fatty portion, then its cidofovir binds to poxvirus and prevents it from replicating, Hostetler says.
Brave new drug: compound stops cowpox and smallpox viruses by Seppa, N. / Science News
Researchers recently found that HIV and a member of the poxvirus family, which includes variola, infect cells by using some of the same cell-surface proteins.
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