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Any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
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poxvirus
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n. Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family ''Poxviridae'', that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
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n. any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
Usage examples of poxvirus.
But the poxvirus is safely contained, and no one can open the case other than myself.
There are nine known virulent poxviruses on this planet and transmission to humans happens only in two.
They were tissue cultures routinely used for feeding poxviruses, just as fertilizers are used for certain plants.
Now, we know that exogenous and endogenous viruses—herpes, poxviruses, HIV, SHEVA—can recombine in us.