cowpox

noun

1. 牛痘（病毒引起的牛疾病，可传染人类；牛痘病毒过去用于制天花疫苗）
   a disease caused by a virus, which affects cows and can infect humans. The virus was used in making vaccines against smallpox .

1. The vaccinated person developed antibodies which protected both against the cowpox infection and against the closely related virus that caused smallpox.
   人在接过种后产生的抗体可以同时对牛痘病毒感染及其密切相关的天花病毒感染起到保护作用。
2. It belongs to a group of viruses that includes the smallpox virus ( variola), the virus used in the smallpox vaccine ( vaccinia), and the cowpox virus.
   它属于一个包括天花病毒、在天花疫苗中采用的病毒和牛痘病毒的病毒组。
3. Edward Jenner developed a vaccine from cowpox.
   金纳从牛痘中发展了一种疫苗。
4. Variola virus belongs to the genus of orthopoxvirus, and there are some other infectious members, such as Vaccinia virus, cowpox virus, and monkeypox virus.
   在正痘病毒属还有另外几种病毒对人具有一定的感染性，如痘苗病毒、牛痘病毒和猴痘病毒。
5. DNAs from Cowpox virus are also used and experiments found that hybridization signals were strong, which suggested that the oligo-microarray could be used in detection of orthopoxvirus.
   标记的牛痘病毒DNA与芯片杂交也有明显的杂交信号，进一步验证了该芯片用于正痘科病毒检测的可行性。

noun

1. a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder

   Synonym:    vaccinia