Vaccinia virus (VACV or VV) is a large, complex, enveloped virus belonging to the poxvirus family. It has a linear, double-stranded DNA genome approximately...
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Smallpox vaccine (redirect from Modified vaccinia Ankara - Bavarian Nordic)
stockpiles. First and second-generation vaccines contain live unattenuated vaccinia virus and can cause serious side effects in a small percentage of recipients...
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Poxviridae (redirect from Pox virus)
smallpox virus (variola), vaccinia virus, cowpox virus, Mpox virus; Parapoxvirus: orf virus, pseudocowpox, bovine papular stomatitis virus; Yatapoxvirus:...
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Smallpox (redirect from Smallpox virus)
the cowpox virus used for smallpox vaccination was replaced by the vaccinia virus. Vaccinia is in the same family as cowpox and variola virus but is genetically...
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virus is a zoonotic virus belonging to the orthopoxvirus genus, making it closely related to the variola, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses. MPV is oval-shaped...
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Viral vector vaccine (section Vaccinia virus)
of the SV40 virus. A recombinant viral vector was first used when a hepatitis B surface antigen gene was inserted into a vaccinia virus. Subsequently...
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Orthopoxvirus (category Virus genera)
of the genus is Variola virus, which causes smallpox. It was eradicated globally by 1977, through the use of Vaccinia virus as a vaccine. The most recently...
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Cowpox (redirect from Cowpox virus)
generally very painful. The virus, part of the genus Orthopoxvirus, is closely related to the vaccinia virus. The virus is zoonotic, meaning that it...
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Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is an attenuated (weakened) strain of the vaccinia virus. It is being used as a vaccine (called MVA-BN, brand names: Imvanex...
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Progressive vaccinia is a rare cutaneous condition caused by the vaccinia virus, characterized by painless but progressive necrosis and ulceration. Opportunistic...
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