cowpox
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DEFINITION:
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1. A mild, self-limited, eruptive skin disease of milk cows, principally confined to the udder and teats, caused by a pox virus; milkers may spread the disease to uninfected animals.
2. Human infection with the same virus, usually occurring accidentally, as while milking an infected animal; the primary lesions, vesicles, usually appear on the fingers, may rupture and spread to the hands or adjacent areas, and usually heal without scarring. Local edema, lymphangitis, and regional lymphadenitis with or without fever may be associated. Cowpox is not to be confused with paravaccinia. Inoculation with material from cowpox lesions confers immunity against smallpox.
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