poxvirus

Lesion-causing infectious agent

A poxvirus is any of a family of large DNA viruses that cause diseases characterized by skin lesions or pox—including smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox.

These viruses infect vertebrates and insects, replicating in the cytoplasm rather than the nucleus of host cells.

The vaccine used cowpox, a related poxvirus, to protect against smallpox.

pathogenic

monkeypox

Zoonotic orthopox infection

cowpoxBovine viral infection
infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
outbreakSudden eruption of trouble

epidemic · transmission · contagion · quarantine · pandemic · endemic · zoonosis · vector · host · carrier

research

microbiology

Study of microscopic life

laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
diagnosisIdentification of illness
PCRDNA amplification technique

serology · specimen · attenuation · vaccine · biodefense · bioterrorism · eradication · WHO · Jenner

virology

virion

Single viral unit

capsidViral genetic material's casing
envelopeFolded paper enclosure
replicationAct of duplicating precisely

genome · cytoplasm · morphology · ultrastructure · brick-shaped · membrane · core · transcription · assembly · egress

taxonomy

poxvirus

monkeypox

microbiology

virion

goatpox

poxvirus

Opposites

Categories

Family