Shope fibroma


Shope fi·bro·ma

(shōp), a connective tissue tumor of cottontail rabbits caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus and found by Shope to be transmissible with cellular suspensions or Berkefeld filtrates; it is related to myxomatosis and is used in Europe as a source of vaccine to protect against the myxoma virus. Synonym(s): rabbit fibroma

Shope,

Richard E., U.S. pathologist, 1902-1966. Shope fibroma - a connective tissue tumor of cottontail rabbits caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus. Synonym(s): rabbit fibromaShope fibroma virus - a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus, closely related to vaccinia and myxoma viruses, that causes Shope fibroma. Synonym(s): rabbit fibroma virusShope papilloma - a papillomatous growth found in wild cottontail rabbits.Shope papilloma virus - a papillomavirus infecting wild cottontail rabbits.