1) Animal disease
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Camelpox is a disease of camels caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and the genus Orthopoxvirus. It causes skin lesions and a generalized infection. Approximately 25% of young camels that become infected will die from the disease, while infection in older camels is generally more mild. Although rare, the infecti...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelpox
A severe generalised disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus and characterised by extensive skin lesions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Camelpox: A severe disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus. This virus has rarely, if ever, caused disease in people. However, the sequence of the camelpox virus genome is most closely related to that of the variola virus, the cause of smallpox. This has led to speculation that the two viruses (camelp...
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noun a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox; `with a little genetic engineering camelpox could be used as a bioweapon`
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