calpox

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noun

A variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nouncalpox (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys

    An orthopox model utilizing calpox virus was developed concomitant with our studies and showed that marmosets were indeed susceptible to low levels of a poxvirus by a natural route.

    2015 July 6, “Susceptibility of Marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) to Monkeypox Virus: A Low Dose Prospective Model for Monkeypox and Smallpox Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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