calpox

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calpox (uncountable)

  1. A variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys
    • 2015 July 6, “Susceptibility of Marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) to Monkeypox Virus: A Low Dose Prospective Model for Monkeypox and Smallpox Disease”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      An orthopox model utilizing calpox virus was developed concomitant with our studies and showed that marmosets were indeed susceptible to low levels of a poxvirus by a natural route.
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