Pox may refer to:

Diseases

Poxviridae ''Poxviridae'' is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses. Vertebrates and arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are currently 83 species in this family, divided among 22 genera, which are divided into two subfamilies. Diseases associated wit ...

, a family of viruses *

Buffalopox Buffalopox is caused by ''buffalopox virus'' (BPXV); it is a ''Poxviridae'' for which the natural host is buffalo. It mainly infects buffalo but has been known to infect cows and humans. It is classified in the ''Orthopoxvirus'' (OPV) genus and ...

, a disease of buffaloes * Camelpox, a disease of camels *

Canarypox Canarypox virus (CNPV) is an ''Avipoxvirus'' and etiologic agent of canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds that can cause significant losses. Canarypox can enter human cells, but it cannot survive and multiply in human cells. There is a ...

, a disease of wild and captive birds *

Chickenpox Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab ...

, a highly contagious illness caused by a primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) * Cowpox, a rodent disease that can infect cattle, and is also transmissible to humans; used for vaccination against smallpox *

Dogpox ''Canid alphaherpesvirus 1'' (CaHV-1), formerly ''Canine herpesvirus'' (CHV), is a virus of the family ''Herpesviridae'' which most importantly causes a fatal hemorrhagic disease in dog, puppies (and in wild ''Canidae'') less than two to three we ...

, an infection of canines *

Fowlpox Fowlpox is the worldwide disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family ''Poxviridae'' and the genus ''Avipoxvirus''. The viruses causing fowlpox are distinct from one another but antigenically similar, possible hosts including chickens, tur ...

, an infectious disease of poultry *

Goatpox Variola caprina (goat pox) is a contagious viral disease caused by ''Goatpox virus'', a pox virus that affects goats. The virus usually spreads via the respiratory system, and sometimes spreads through abraded skin. It is most likely to occur ...

, an infectious disease of goats *

Horsepox ''Orthopoxvirus'' is a genus of viruses in the family ''Poxviridae'' and subfamily ''Chordopoxvirinae''. Vertebrates, including mammals and humans, and arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are 12 species in this genus. Diseases associated wi ...

, an infectious disease of horses *

Mpox Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and some other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, fever, and swollen lymph nodes. The illness is usually mild ...

, an infectious rodent disease that can infect primates *

Mousepox ''Ectromelia virus'' (ECTV) is a virus of the family ''Poxviridae'' and the genus ''Orthopoxvirus'' that causes mousepox, a disease of mice. It has only been seen in mouse colonies kept for research purposes but believed that wild populations o ...

, an iatrogenic infectious disease of laboratory mice *

Myxomatosis Myxomatosis is a disease caused by ''Myxoma virus'', a poxvirus in the genus ''Leporipoxvirus''. The natural hosts are tapeti (''Sylvilagus brasiliensis'') in South and Central America, and brush rabbits (''Sylvilagus bachmani'') in North Ame ...

, "wild rabbitpox", an infectious disease of wild rabbits *

Pigeonpox Pigeon pox is a viral disease to which only pigeons are susceptible. It is characterized by pox scabs, which most frequently form on the featherless parts of the bird. The disease is caused by the Pigeon pox virus. It can be transmitted by drop ...

, an infectious disease of pigeons *

Plumpox Plum pox, also known as sharka, is the most devastating viral disease of stone fruit from the genus ''Prunus''. The disease is caused by the plum pox virus (PPV), and the different strains may infect a variety of stone fruit species including pea ...

, the most devastating viral disease of stone fruit from the genus “Prunus” *

Quokkapox Quokkapox virus (QPV), also known as quokka poxvirus, marsupial papillomavirus, or marsupialpox virus, is a dsDNA virus that causes quokkapox. It is unclear whether this virus is its own species or a member of another species. It primarily inf ...

a disease caused by the Quokkapox virus, also called marsupialpox *

Rabbitpox Rabbitpox is a disease of rabbits caused by a virus of the genus ''Orthopoxvirus'' in the family ''Poxviridae'', and closely related to vaccinia virus. Rabbitpox was first isolated at the Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute in New York ...

, an iatrogenic infectious disease of laboratory rabbits *

Rickettsialpox Rickettsialpox is a mite-borne infectious illness caused by bacteria of the genus ''Rickettsia'' (''Rickettsia akari''). Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the cause of the ...

, a rickettsial disease spread by mites *

Sealpox Sealpox is a cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a ''Parapoxvirus'', usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals. First identified in 1969, it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans u ...

, a skin condition caused by a parapoxvirus *

Sheeppox Sheeppox (or sheep pox, known as in Latin, in French, in German) is a highly contagious disease of sheep caused by a poxvirus different from the benign orf (or contagious ecthyma). This virus is in the family ''Poxviridae'' and genus '' Cap ...

, an infectious disease of sheep *

Smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) c ...

, an eradicated infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, ''Variola major'' and ''Variola minor'' **

Hemorrhagic smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) cer ...

, ''Blackpox'' a severe manifestation of smallpox caused by bleeding under the skin *

Squirrelpox ''Squirrelpox virus (SQPV)'' is a virus that causes the fatal disease squirrelpox in United Kingdom red squirrels. The virus is often carried by grey squirrels from North America, which rarely die from the disease. Elsewhere in the Red Squirrel' ...

, an infectious disease of squirrel *

Swinepox ''Suipoxvirus'' is a genus of viruses in the family ''Poxviridae'' and subfamily ''Chordopoxvirinae''. pig, Swine serve as natural hosts. There is only one species in this genus: ''Swinepox virus''. Diseases associated with this genus include asy ...

, an infectious disease of swine *

Syphilis Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...

, also known as ''grande verole'', the “great pox”, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal bacteria ''Treponema pallidum'' *

Turkeypox ''Turkeypox virus'' is a virus of the family ''Poxviridae'' and the genus ''Avipoxvirus'' that causes turkeypox. It is one of the most common diseases in the wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') population. Turkeypox, like all avipoxviruses, is ...

, a disease of turkeys *

Whitepox disease White pox disease (also "acroporid serratiosis" and "patchy necrosis"), first noted in 1996 on coral reefs near the Florida keys, is a coral disease affecting Elkhorn coral (''Acropora palmata'') throughout the Caribbean. It causes irregular whi ...

, a coral disease

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games

*'' P-O-X'', a 2001 handheld electronic game *'' Pox: Save the People'', a 2010 board game and mobile game *''

PoxNora ''PoxNora: Battlefield of the Immortals'' is a multiplayer online game that combines a digital collectible card game with a turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting. ''PoxNora'' was originally launched via Java Web Start through a browser an ...

'', a 2006 multiplayer online game that combines a collectible card game with a turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Orthopox 13 ''Destroy All Humans!'' is an open world action-adventure video game franchise that is designed as a parody of Cold War-era alien invasion films. ''Destroy All Humans!'' and ''Destroy All Humans! 2'' are available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbo ...

, a character in the video game series ''Destroy All Humans!'' *

The P.O.X. The P.O.X. is a German psychobilly band formed in 1982. P.O.X. stands for “Psychobilly Orchestra X”. Band history The P.O.X. was founded 1982 in Hanover (Germany) by the singer and guitarist Beaker Pox (Mathias Böker) and the drummer Sli ...

, a German band *''

House of X and Powers of X ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'' (abbreviated as ''HOX'' and ''POX'') are two 2019 comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics featuring the X-Men, but writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva and Marte Gracia. Both book ...

'' (HOX/POX) *"Pox", a song by Xiu Xiu from ''La Forêt''

Food and drink

Pox (drink) Pox (pronounced 'Poshe') is a liquor commonly used for ceremonial purposes among the Mayans of Mexico and Central America. It is made of corn, sugar cane and wheat. Besides its religious significance it is also a somewhat popular alcoholic drink i ...

, a ceremonial drink common among the Maya, especially those in Chamula * Candy Buttons, also called "pox", small rounded pegs of candy that are attached to a strip of paper *

Premature oxidation Premature oxidation, (sometimes shortened to premox, or POx) is a flaw that occurs in white wines, when the presumably ageworthy wine is expected to be in good condition yet is found to be oxidised and often undrinkable. In particular the afflicti ...

of wine

Other uses

*'' Istiblennius pox'', a kind of fish found in the Indian Ocean * Plain Old XML, basic XML, a computer data representation format * Partial oxidation, or POX, a chemical reaction *

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