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Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected. The other type, V. minor, only kills 1% of its victims. Many survivors are left blind in one or both eyes from corneal ulcerations, and persistent skin scarring - pockmarks - is nearly universal. ... 
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An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. An infection is, in effect, a war in which the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host/'s resources in order to multiply at the expense of the host. The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning and perhaps the survival of the host. Colloquially, a pathogen is usually considered a microscopic organism though the definition is broader, including bacteria, parasites, fungi, vir...
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Smallpox as related to Infections
- Smallpox
Smallpox is an infection caused by the variola virus. For centuries, epidemics of smallpox affected people all over the globe, and the disease was often serious. ...
- Smallpox
For centuries, epidemics of smallpox — an infection caused by the variola virus — affected people all over the globe, and the disease was often serious. ...
- Smallpox
Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus ... Smallpox is caused by infection with variola virus, which belongs to the genus ...
- Smallpox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- CDC Smallpox | Infection Control
Provides information on isolation, quarantine, decontamination, and other methods of infection control in the event of a smallpox outbreak. Part of the CDC Emergency ...
- smallpox: Definition from Answers.com
smallpox ( ) n. An acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by a poxvirus and characterized by high fever and aches with subsequent
- Smallpox: A Disease of the Past?: Outcome of Smallpox ...
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- Smallpox-Symptoms
The incubation period for smallpox is 12 days. However, symptoms can develop as soon as 7 days or as long as 17 days after exposure.During the first ...
- The History of Smallpox
The history of smallpox is a success story for immunization and public health. Find out more about the rise and fall of smallpox.
- Smallpox: A Disease of the Past?: Epidemiology of Smallpox ...
Epidemiology of Smallpox Infection: Review the most important clinical considerations related to smallpox and pregnant women and learn the latest recommendations ...
- WHO | Smallpox
Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. ... Surveillance of smallpox infection is probably easier than for any ...
- Smallpox: Viral Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Smallpox (variola) is a highly contagious, very deadly disease caused ... Smallpox usually spreads to people who have close personal contact with an infected ...
- Amherst and Smallpox
Smallpox blankets. Despite his fame, Jeffrey Amherst's name became tarnished by stories of smallpox-infected blankets used as germ warfare against American Indians. ...
- (D2OL)™ - Pathogens - Smallpox
Smallpox is spread from one person to another by infected saliva droplets that expose a susceptible person having face-to-face contact with the ill person. ...
- EMBARGOED by 15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTIVIRAL ...
Researchers Develop First Oral Drug To Treat Smallpox Infection ... action of smallpox and related orthopox viruses in lab tissue culture cells and in cowpox-infected mice has ...
- Smallpox: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Variola minor is a milder infection that rarely causes death ... Sometimes antibiotics are given for infections that may occur in people who have smallpox. ...
- Smallpox
viral infections. Smallpox is a disease that has been successfully eradicated - the last naturally occurring case of smallpox occurred in Somalia in 1977. ...
- Smallpox
Smallpox is a contagious infection caused by the variola virus. Smallpox can be deadly, so if an outbreak happens, it is vital to stay away from infected people. ...
- Evansville,IN Smallpox; Smallpox is a contagious infection ...
Smallpox can be deadly, so if an outbreak happens, it is vital to stay away from infected people. Get vaccinated if you have ...
- CIDRAP >> Smallpox: Current, comprehensive information on ...
Smallpox: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, ... infections without being notified of risk level for smallpox. ...
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