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cowpox

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cow·pox  (koupks)
n.
A mild contagious skin disease of cattle, usually affecting the udder, that is caused by a virus and characterized by the eruption of a pustular rash. When the virus is transmitted to humans, as by vaccination, it can confer immunity to smallpox. Also called vaccinia.
cowpox
Noun
a contagious disease of cows, the virus of which is used to make smallpox vaccine
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Noun1.cowpox - a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
vaccinia
pox - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
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DNA virus isolates from tissue culture samples used to test GreeneChip performance Virus Genus Sealpoxvirus 1 * Parapoxvirus Pseudocowpox virus ([dagger]) Parapoxvirus Orf virus ([dagger]) Parapoxvirus Cowpox virus ([dagger]) Orthopoxvirus Human herpesvirus ([dagger]) * Simplexvirus Gallid herpesvirus 1 ([dagger]) Iltovirus Human adenovirus E (HAdV-4) ([double dagger]) Mastadenovirus Human adenovirus C (HAdV-5) ([double dagger]) Mastadenovirus * University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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