- The
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...
- from cowpox, and
vaccinia was
subsequently recognized as a
separate viral species. Whole-genome
sequencing has
revealed that
vaccinia is most
closely related...
- the
vaccinia virus.
Vaccinia is in the same
family as
cowpox and
variola virus but is
genetically distinct from both. The
origin of the
vaccinia virus...
-
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...
- painful. The virus, part of the
genus Orthopoxvirus, is
closely related to
Vaccinia virus. The
virus is zoonotic,
meaning that it is
transferable between species...
- Yatapoxvirus, Molluscipoxvirus. Orthopoxvirus:
smallpox virus (variola),
vaccinia virus,
cowpox virus, Mpox virus; Parapoxvirus: orf virus, pseudocowpox...
- MVA85A (modified
vaccinia Ankara 85A) is a
vaccine against tuberculosis developed by
researchers led by
Professor Helen McShane at
Oxford University. It...
-
causes smallpox. It was
eradicated globally by 1977,
through the use of
Vaccinia virus as a vaccine. The most
recently described species is the Borealpox...
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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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Generalized vaccinia is a
cutaneous condition that
occurs 6 to 9 days
after vaccination,
characterized by a
generalized eruption of skin lesions, and caused...
