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ˈcow·pox N no pl

cowpox

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This confirmed his childhood suspicion, and he studied cowpox further, presenting a paper on it to his local medical society. en.wikipedia.org

On questioning, this subject had never had smallpox, but had previously contracted cowpox. en.wikipedia.org

He deduced that cowpox was most likely to transfer immunity from smallpox if administered at the eighth day of the disease. en.wikipedia.org

Cowpox is a poxvirus in the same family as variola. en.wikipedia.org

Other vaccine material was not reliably derived from cowpox, but from other skin eruptions of cattle. en.wikipedia.org

Human cowpox is a relatively severe localized infection. en.wikipedia.org

Symptoms of infection with cowpox virus in humans are localized, pustular lesions generally found on the hands and limited to the site of introduction. en.wikipedia.org

Moreover, he demonstrated that the protective cowpox pus could be effectively inoculated from person to person, not just directly from cattle. en.wikipedia.org

Cowpox is similar to, but much milder than, the highly contagious and often deadly smallpox disease. en.wikipedia.org

He attempted to maintain a monopoly over the cowpox vaccine, for both financial reasons and to protect the vaccine from incompetent or fraudulent physicians. en.wikipedia.org

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