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smallpox virus

NOUN
  1. the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon

How To Use smallpox virus In A Sentence

  • they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon
  • The vaccine is freeze-dried, live vaccinia virus, a poxvirus related to smallpox virus.
  • Smallpox virus (scientific name variola major) would be a "good" biological warfare agent because it is unusually robust, can be disseminated through the air as an inhalable aerosol to infect people over a large area, and -- unlike anthrax -- is contagious from one person to another. Scared Of Smallpox
  • viremia spread the smallpox virus to the internal organs
  • Generations will remember the long, anxious waits for the jab to save them from the deadly smallpox virus.
  • That's because two large government laboratories, one in the U.S. and one in Russia, insist on maintaining stocks of the smallpox virus called variola. Forbes.com: News
  • The Smallpox virus, or variola, has been wreaking havoc across the globe for thousands of years.
  • The researchers used weakened versions of two viruses commonly used in vaccine development -- a common cold virus called an adenovirus and a smallpox virus -- to deliver the primate version of the HIV antigen into the body and trigger an immune response. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Others, however, warn that labeling possession of the virus a crime against humanity will in no way deter terrorists, and that without the live smallpox virus, called variola, we won't be able to prepare for the worst. Breaking News: CBS News
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