How to Use cowpox in a Sentence

cowpox

noun

• Monkeypox is one, as is smallpox and cowpox, the latter of which is rare in humans.
  — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022
• And in cattle, the disease manifests a lot like cowpox.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2022
• But those vaccination strains—then and to this day—aren’t cowpox.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2017
• This virus is like cowpox and smallpox but not identical to either.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2017
• Studies have shown that monkeypox is linked to the Orthopoxvirus genus, which is also found in smallpox and cowpox.
  — Ahjané Forbes, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2022
• The initial challenge faced by the man in charge of this expedition, Francisco Balmis, was how to get viable cowpox across the ocean.
  — The Economist, 23 Mar. 2021
• Loy had done that vindicated Jenner’s ideas about the origins of cowpox.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2021
• Monkeypox is a virus from the same family that causes smallpox and cowpox.
  — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• Those who worked closely with cows and contracted an illness called cowpox didn’t contract the horror that was smallpox.
  — Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2019
• Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus closely related to the viruses that cause smallpox and cowpox.
  — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2022
• The first real vaccine was one against smallpox, made by Edward Jenner in 1796 from a related virus, cowpox.
  — NBC News, 13 July 2018
• The British doctor Edward Jenner published research on the use of cowpox (vaccinia) virus in the prevention of smallpox in humans.
  — Albert Bourla, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• Diseases linked with the virus include cowpox, monkeypox and smallpox.
  — Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
• The vaccine was developed in the late 18th century by physician Edward Jenner, who aimed to put a piece of folklore to the test: that milkmaids seemed to contract a milder form of the disease, called cowpox.
  — Robert Kuznia, CNN, 13 May 2020
• That’s because the vaccine used to prevent smallpox was likely horsepox, not cowpox, researchers say.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 11 Oct. 2017
• Jesty vaccinated his wife and two sons with pus from a cowpox lesion, using his wife’s knitting needle.
  — William F. Bynum, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• To the immune system, vaccinia and cowpox are not interchangeable.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2022
• Monkeypox is a poxvirus, related to smallpox and cowpox.
  — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 5 Aug. 2022
• Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses as smallpox, which includes cowpox, camelpox, horsepox and others.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
• One of the individuals in the study was treated with tecovirimat — an oral medicine used to treat smallpox, cowpox and monkeypox, all three of which belong to the orthopoxvirus family.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 25 May 2022
• Monkeypox, a rare disease related to smallpox and cowpox, was first identified in 1958 among colonies of monkeys kept for research, according to the CDC.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 June 2022
• In the late 18th century, British physician Edward Jenner inoculated a young boy with cowpox virus and then exposed him to smallpox.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner infected a young boy with cowpox.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 11 Oct. 2017
• Monkeypox is a virus related to smallpox and cowpox, and prior to the current outbreak was rarely reported outside of Africa, where the disease is endemic.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
• Edward Jenner inoculating an 8-year-old boy with cowpox and then exposing him to smallpox more 200 years ago.
  — Andrea L. Cox, STAT, 16 Sep. 2022
• The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes variola virus (which causes smallpox), vaccinia virus (used in the smallpox vaccine), and cowpox virus.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2022
• Many viruses that cause disease in humans can also infect animals — think of Jenner’s cowpox.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• For instance, in 1774, a farmer named Benjamin Jesty in Dorset, England, successfully vaccinated his wife and children with cowpox.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2021
• In the late 1700s, British doctor Edward Jenner applied material from cowpox and smallpox lesions to children and adults and recorded the reactions.
  — Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
• By the late 1700s, a handful of physicians in England and Germany noticed that people infected with the milder cowpox seemed to be immune to smallpox, and there were a couple of early vaccination tests in humans.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024