DeCS

Descriptor English:

Vaccinia virus

Descriptor Spanish:

Virus Vaccinia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	virus de la vaccinia
Entry term(s)	Poxvirus officinale virus de la viruela de los búfalos virus de la viruela del conejo virus vacuna
Scope note:	Especie tipo de ORTHOPOXVIRUS, relacionada con el VIRUS DE LA VIRUELA VACUNA, pero cuyo verdadero origen es desconocido. Se han utilizado virus vivos como vacuna contra la viruela. Se emplea también como vector para insertar ADN extraño en animales. El virus de la viruela del conejo es una subespecie del VIRUS DE LA VACCINIA.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Vaccinia virus

Descriptor French:

Virus de la vaccine

Entry term(s):

Buffalo pox virus
Buffalopox virus
Poxvirus officinale
Rabbit pox virus
Rabbitpox virus
Vaccinia virus
Virus de la variole du buffle
Virus de la variole du lapin

Tree number(s):

B04.280.650.160.650.900

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014616

Scope note:

The type species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS, related to COWPOX VIRUS, but whose true origin is unknown. It has been used as a live vaccine against SMALLPOX. It is also used as a vector for inserting foreign DNA into animals. Rabbitpox virus is a subspecies of VACCINIA VIRUS.

Annotation:

infection = VACCINIA

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure

DeCS ID:

15017

Unique ID:

D014616

NLM Classification:

QW 165.5.P6

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1963/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01