What are poxviruses?

What are poxviruses? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of poxvirus
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The life cycle of poxviruses is complicated by having multiple infectious forms, with differing mechanisms of cell entry.
Poxviruses are structurally more complex than simple bacteria, despite their close resemblance.
Microscopically, poxviruses produce characteristic cytoplasmic inclusions, the most important of which are known as Guarnieri bodies, and are the sites of viral replication.
Among the poxviruses are several species of orthopox-viruses that are pathogenic to humans, including monkeypox virus and variola virus.
Like all viruses, poxviruses co-opt various cellular molecules and processes to enter a cell, replicate and then spread to uninfected cells.
Because poxviruses replicate in the cytoplasm, it is easy to see all the processes, or arms, of each cell.

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