Entomopoxvirus

En·to·mo·pox·vi·rus

(en'tō-mō-poks-vī'rŭs),

The genus of viruses (family Poxviridae) that comprises the poxviruses of insects; they seem not to multiply in vertebrates.

[G. entomon, insect]

(en'tō-mō-poks-vī'rŭs)

The genus of viruses (family Poxviridae) that comprises the poxviruses of insects; they do not seem to multiply in vertebrates.

[G. entomon, insect]

a group of poxviruses recovered from insects.

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An entomopoxvirus and a granulovirus use different mechanisms to prevent pupation of Adoxophyes honmai.

5 under default settings and Amsacta moorei (red hairy caterpillar) entomopoxvirus (Moyer) was used as the out-group with a burn in of 10%.

Host specificity and molecular characterization of the entomopoxvirus of the lesser migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes.