orthopoxvirus, n. Microbiol.
(ˈɔːθəʊpɒksˌvaɪrəs)
Also orthopox virus.
[f. ortho- + poxvirus n.]
Any poxvirus of the genus Orthopoxvirus, including those causing cowpox, monkey pox, and smallpox.
| [1974 Intervirology III. 197 It was approved that the following 6 genera be established within the family [Poxviridae]: 3.2.1 Orthopoxvirus..Includes the viruses of vaccinia, variola, alastrim, cowpox, ectromelia, rabbitpox, monkeypox.] 1975 Jrnl. Hygiene LXXV. 381 This virus was shown to be a pox virus with many characteristics of members of the Orthopox group. 1979 Nature 24 May 297/2 The surveillance of orthopoxvirus infections in animals and man as well as laboratory studies of orthopoxviruses should continue and all necessary steps should be taken to minimise the potential danger of live variola virus stocks. 1980 Trop. Med. & Hygiene News Oct. 7 Research on the orthopox viruses. 1988 Nature 21 Apr. 755/1 The variola virus may..have been derived from another animal orthopox virus. |