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- noun A
disease ofpoultry caused byviruses of thefamily Poxviridae and thegenus Avipoxvirus.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Newcastle disease, fowlpox, pullorum disease, and coccidiosis, for example - all of which are endemic in the Third World - can destroy the entire chicken population over large areas.
5 Chicken 1991
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Young turkeys are susceptible to parasitic infestation as well as to the same type of bacterial and virus diseases as chickens (for example, fowlpox and coccidiosis).
5 Chicken 1991
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To overcome this poor responsiveness, recombinant poxvirus vectors, including vaccinia, fowlpox and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), can be genetically engineered to express one or more tumor-associated antigens to greatly enhance the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells bearing any of the targeted antigens. ® and CV-301 are prime-boost vaccines, sequentially combining two different poxviruses (vaccinia and fowlpox).
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The viruses are the same cowpox virus that forms the basis of the smallpox vaccine and a bird virus called fowlpox.
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The line is susceptible to a number of viruses, including Meleagrid herpes virus 1, fowlpox virus, reovirus, avian sarcoma leukemia virus, and Rous sarcoma virus.
unknown title 2009
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Garcia M, Beck JR, Kinney N, Suarez DL (2000) Protection against diverse highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses in chickens immunized with a recombinant fowlpox vaccine containing an H5 avian influenza hemagglutinin gene insert.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hamid R. Haghighi et al. 2009
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The line is susceptible to a number of viruses, including Meleagrid herpes virus 1, fowlpox virus, reovirus, avian sarcoma leukemia virus, and Rous sarcoma virus.
unknown title 2009
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Tripathy DN, Schnitzlein WM (1991) Expression of avian influenza virus hemagglutinin by recombinant fowlpox virus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hamid R. Haghighi et al. 2009
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The line is susceptible to a number of viruses, including Meleagrid herpes virus 1, fowlpox virus, reovirus, avian sarcoma leukemia virus, and Rous sarcoma virus.
unknown title 2009
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The line is susceptible to a number of viruses, including Meleagrid herpes virus 1, fowlpox virus, reovirus, avian sarcoma leukemia virus, and Rous sarcoma virus.
unknown title 2009
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