OPV includes some pathogenic species with strict host restriction such as variola virus (VARV), ectromelia virus (ECTV), and others, and viruses mildly pathogenic to various species such as vaccinia virus (VACV) and cowpoxvirus (CPXV).
From: Advances in Immunology, 2016
Brett W. Petersen, Inger K. Damon, in Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2015
Definition
Orthopoxvirus infections can cause a spectrum of febrile rash illnesses in humans, from fairly benign, localized skin infections to severe systemic infections.
Vaccinia (smallpox vaccine), variola (smallpox), monkeypox, and cowpox are the four orthopoxvirus species known to cause human disease.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/orthopoxvirus
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