poxvirus
noun
poxviruses
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pluralof poxvirus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A recent re-emergence and outbreak of Mpox brought poxviruses back as a public health threat, underlining an important knowledge gap at their core.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
And although poxviruses have ways of tricking the immune system, they don’t change their surface proteins to escape immunity, as SARS-CoV-2 does.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 15, 2022
I study how these viruses evade the immune system and am working on modifying poxviruses to prevent infection as well as treat other diseases, including cancer.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2022
For now, only designated U.S. military personnel and laboratory researchers who work with certain poxviruses may receive this vaccine.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
Some experts have cautioned for years that the eradication of smallpox in 1980 left the world vulnerable to the broader family of poxviruses and raised the odds of monkeypox evolving into a successful human pathogen.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
