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2. Chickenpox i(shingles) is caused by Varicella virus, a herpesvirus--NOT related to Orthopoxviruses

Mon May 23, 2022, 06:28 PM

May 2022

which includes smallpox and monkeypox (and cowpox). The later genera is distinctly different, but those latter three viruses are related).

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Is the virus that causes monkeypox related to the ones that cause smallpox [View all] question everything May 2022 OP

I watched a CME yesterday and that was the first time I'd ever heard that. likesmountains 52 May 2022 #5