Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Poxviridae Proposal: ICTV 1st Report.pdf ICTV Report: Poxviridae Reference: PMID: 372132

from the Old English poc, meaning “pustule”, referring to the disease pox associated with some viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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