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An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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- Variola
- Variolas
- Alastrim
- Variola Minor
- Minor, Variola
- Minors, Variola
- Variola Minors
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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caused by a poxvirus
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History Note
ALASTRIM was heading 1975-96 (see under SMALLPOX 1975-90); VARIOLA MINOR was see ALASTRIM 1979-96
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Smallpox. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012899. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012899
- Smallpox. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox
- Smallpox. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12214