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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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- Adverse Events Associated with Smallpox Vaccination among Civilians (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Aide-Mémoire sur la Variole (World Health Organization)
- Biodefense Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Biological Warfare (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bioterrorism and CAM: What the Public Needs to Know (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
- CDC's Smallpox Preparation and Response Activities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Smallpox (National Institutes of Health)
- Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated against Monkeypox (National Institutes of Health)
- Emergency Preparedness and Response Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Factsheet: Smallpox (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Fast Facts on Smallpox Disease (part 1) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Fast Facts on the Smallpox Vaccine (Part 2) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hearing on Smallpox (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Information on Live Virus Vaccines and Vaccinia (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- List of Medications Contraindicating Receipt of Smallpox Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- People Who Should NOT Get the Smallpox Vaccine (Unless They Are Exposed to Smallpox) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pre-Event Screening Worksheet for Smallpox Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
- Questions/Réponses sur la Variole (World Health Organization)
- Reactions after Smallpox Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox (MayoClinic)
- Smallpox (Cleveland Clinic)
- Smallpox (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Smallpox (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox (Google Health)
- Smallpox (Medline Plus)
- Smallpox (World Health Organization)
- Smallpox (National Institutes of Health)
- Smallpox and Vaccinia (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Smallpox Disease Images (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Questions and Answers: The Disease and the Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccination Information for Women Who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccination Program Status by State (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccination Program: Vaccine Doses Shipped and Released for Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccination: An Important Decision (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccine and Heart Problems (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Health Resources and Services Administration)
- Smallpox Vaccine Overview (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Smallpox [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Smallpox.gov - Smallpox Information website, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Smallpox: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Someone You Are Close to May Get the Smallpox Vaccine: What You Should Know and Do (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Study Seeks to Determine Effectiveness of Diluted Smallpox Vaccine (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Update on Smallpox (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Vaccine Reaction Images (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- What is Smallpox (Cleveland Clinic)
- What Is Smallpox? (Nemours Foundation)
- What to Do After You’ve Gotten the Smallpox Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- World Health Organization

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