Cowpox
noun
A disease mostly in cows but can be passed to humans, it causes skin sores.
As a farm worker, he caught cowpox after coming into close contact with the infected cows.
Often appears as...
- contracting cowpox
- cowpox virus
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Technical
noun
A disease mostly in cows but can be passed to humans, it causes skin sores.
As a farm worker, he caught cowpox after coming into close contact with the infected cows.
Often appears as...
- contracting cowpox
- cowpox virus
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Importance
Cowpox played a key role in developing the first vaccine, an important medical milestone.
Learning about cowpox is essential to understanding the history of vaccinations.
Pro Tip 2/3Rare Disease
Cowpox is rare today, but it's historically significant for understanding diseases and vaccines.
Despite its rarity now, studying cowpox reveals a lot about past medical challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Transmission Clarity
Cowpox spreads from animals to humans, not usually between humans, a zoonotic disease.
She got cowpox from a cow at the petting zoo, not from her friend who had it.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Importance
Cowpox played a key role in developing the first vaccine, an important medical milestone.
Learning about cowpox is essential to understanding the history of vaccinations.
Pro Tip 2/3Rare Disease
Cowpox is rare today, but it's historically significant for understanding diseases and vaccines.
Despite its rarity now, studying cowpox reveals a lot about past medical challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Transmission Clarity
Cowpox spreads from animals to humans, not usually between humans, a zoonotic disease.
She got cowpox from a cow at the petting zoo, not from her friend who had it.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Importance
Cowpox played a key role in developing the first vaccine, an important medical milestone.
Learning about cowpox is essential to understanding the history of vaccinations.
Pro Tip 2/3Rare Disease
Cowpox is rare today, but it's historically significant for understanding diseases and vaccines.
Despite its rarity now, studying cowpox reveals a lot about past medical challenges.
Pro Tip 3/3Transmission Clarity
Cowpox spreads from animals to humans, not usually between humans, a zoonotic disease.
She got cowpox from a cow at the petting zoo, not from her friend who had it.
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Video examples
How we conquered the...
Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them. But eventually vaccination was gradually accepted
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The quest for the...
whereas everybody else had pockmarks from having gotten over smallpox. And the concept was that she was getting infected with a zoonosis, that is, with naturally occurring cowpox, not smallpox. That then protected against smallpox.
Video examples
How we conquered the...
Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them. But eventually vaccination was gradually accepted
Video examples
The quest for the...
whereas everybody else had pockmarks from having gotten over smallpox. And the concept was that she was getting infected with a zoonosis, that is, with naturally occurring cowpox, not smallpox. That then protected against smallpox.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Peter C. Doherty
Australian Scientist
This year, 1996, has been designated the 'Year of the Vaccine,' commemorating the 200th anniversary of Edward Jenner's vaccination of James Phipps with cowpox virus and subsequent challenge with smallpox virus. Insight into the nature of viruses, and how viruses interact with mammalian cells, has evolved since the turn of the century.
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Edward Jenner
English Scientist
I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.
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Peter C. Doherty
Australian Scientist
This year, 1996, has been designated the 'Year of the Vaccine,' commemorating the 200th anniversary of Edward Jenner's vaccination of James Phipps with cowpox virus and subsequent challenge with smallpox virus. Insight into the nature of viruses, and how viruses interact with mammalian cells, has evolved since the turn of the century.
Quote examples
Edward Jenner
English Scientist
I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.
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