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Genus Orthopoxvirus: Vaccinia virus

  • Smith G
Birkhäuser Basel, (2007), 1-45
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7557-7_1
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Abstract

Vaccinia virus (VACV) and Cowpox virus (CPXV) have played seminal roles in human medical and biological science. In 1796 Jenner used CPXV as the first human vaccine and, subsequently, widespread immunization with the related orthopoxvirus (OPV),...

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Smith, G. L. (2007). Genus Orthopoxvirus: Vaccinia virus. In Poxviruses (pp. 1–45). Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7557-7_1

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