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?Variola virus Virus classification Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Poxviridae Genus: Orthopoxvirus Species: Variola virus Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) was a highly contagious viral disease unique to humans. It was 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. Ma ...
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Smallpox Articles
- An Update on Smallpox
... By Michelle Meadows The last confirmed case of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949, and the last naturally occurring case in the world was recorded in Somalia in 1977. Three years later, th... - Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated Against Monkeypox
... A mild, experimental smallpox vaccine known as modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is nearly as effective as the standard smallpox vaccine in protecting monkeys against monkeypox, a study by researchers of... - Smallpox
... For the most recently updated information on smallpox, please see the smallpox site on the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparation and Response site at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp. ...
Resources
- Adverse Events Associated with Smallpox Vaccination among Civilians (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Aide-Mémoire sur la Variole (World Health Organization)
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