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poxvirus

NOUN
  1. any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates

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  • He followed this achievement by showing how poxviruses express their genes and replicate their DNA in host cells.
  • British research has found that the vaccinia poxvirus spreads infection by jumping from one cell to another before it finds an uninfected cell. WN.com - Articles related to Avian flu spreads, 125,751 birds culled in Bengal
  • To overcome this poor responsiveness, recombinant poxvirus vectors, including vaccinia, fowlpox and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), can be genetically engineered to express one or more tumor-associated antigens to greatly enhance the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells bearing any of the targeted antigens. ® and CV-301 are prime-boost vaccines, sequentially combining two different poxviruses (vaccinia and fowlpox). Reuters: Press Release
  • Like all viruses, poxviruses co-opt various cellular molecules and processes to enter a cell, replicate and then spread to uninfected cells.
  • The attachment of a poxvirus particle to a cell triggers a multitude of incompletely understood signaling events inside the cell. New Scientist - Online News
  • The vaccine is freeze-dried, live vaccinia virus, a poxvirus related to smallpox virus.
  • There is some debate over whether squirrel poxvirus, carried by greys, has been a factor. Times, Sunday Times
  • Greys carry a poxvirus that is deadly to reds, but are also thought to be having a much wider impact. Times, Sunday Times
  • The randomized phase II study involved the PROSTVAC-VF vaccine, a combination of two weakened poxviruses that have been genetically programmed to produce slightly irregular versions of prostate specific antigen (PSA) a protein on the surface of prostate cells that is abnormal in many prostate cancers and three costimulatory molecules that spur the immune system to a more vigorous attack on tumor cells. Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Over roughly the past decade, the CDC has been called to retrieve the remains of a man covered with smallpox lesions whose coffin was unearthed during construction near Louisville, Ky., as well as suspicious-looking scabs in a library book in New Mexico and a museum in Arkansas, says Inger Damon, chief of the CDC's poxvirus and rabies branch. 'Bizarre Bits' Exhibition Took a Strange Turn When Feds Arrived
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