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Cowpox Summary
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Cowpox refers to a disease that is caused by the cowpox or catpox virus. The virus is a member of the orthopoxvirus family. Other viruses in this family include the smallpox and vaccinia viruses. Cowpox is a rare disease, and is mostly noteworthy as...
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Cowpox (also known as Catpox) is a disease of the skin that is caused by a virus known as the Cowpox virus. The pox is related to the vaccinia virus, and got its name from cow maids touching the udders of infected cows. The ailment manifests itself in...


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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cowpox with severe generalized eruption, Finland.(Dispatches)
11/01/2003: 2,181 words, approx. 7 pages
Cowpox with a severe, generalized eruption was diagnosed in an atopic 4-year-old girl by electron microscopy, virus isolation, polymerase chain reaction, and immunoglobulin (Ig) M and low-avidity IgG antibodies. The hemagglutinin gene of the isolate clustered with a Russian cowpox virus strain, and...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rat-to-human transmission of Cowpox infection. (Dispatches).
12/01/2002: 885 words, approx. 3 pages
We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl's virus. Our case is...
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AP Features
Studies show experimental smallpox vaccine nearly as good as older vaccine
5/15/2007: 346 words, approx. 1 pages
An experimental smallpox vaccine appears to work nearly as well as an older vaccine in protecting against the deadly virus, according to federal documents released Tuesday.The newer vaccine, ACAM2000, showed by separate measures that it would be nearly as effective as the older vaccine, Dryvax....
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Smallpox vaccine gets good FDA reviews
5/15/2007: 346 words, approx. 1 pages
An experimental smallpox vaccine appears to work nearly as well as an older vaccine in protecting against the deadly virus, according to federal documents released Tuesday.The newer vaccine, ACAM2000, showed by separate measures that it would be nearly as effective as the older vaccine, Dryvax....
 


 

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