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Variola virus (vaccinia)

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Taxon taxon Q11877169
Variola virus (vaccinia)
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Variola virus (vaccinia)

Summary

Variola virus (vaccinia) is a taxon[1]. Variola virus (vaccinia) ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Variola virus (vaccinia)'s instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia) is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia) belongs to the parent taxon Orthopoxvirus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Variola virus (vaccinia) is Variola virus[6].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia)'s Commons category is recorded as Variola virus[7].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia)'s has effect is recorded as smallpox[8].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia)'s biosafety level is recorded as biosafety level 4[9].
  • Variola virus (vaccinia)'s ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as double-stranded DNA virus[10].

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Classification

Variola virus (vaccinia)'s scientific name is Variola virus[6]. Variola virus (vaccinia) is classified at the rank of species[4]. Variola virus (vaccinia) is classified within Orthopoxvirus[5].

Identifiers

Variola virus (vaccinia)'s NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10255[11]. Variola virus (vaccinia)'s Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 540219[12]. Variola virus (vaccinia)'s GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10436951[13].

Why It Matters

Variola virus (vaccinia) ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2] Variola virus (vaccinia) has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Variola virus (vaccinia) is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2016 v1.3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford reference overview id → 20110803115239762
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12582]]: 20110803115239762, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/178039144|variola virus (#178039144)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6731|Oxford "
  2. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3we9bI
    Instance of → taxon
    Wellcome collection concept id → m4hhazcb
    Biosafety level → biosafety level 4
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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