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should I know about itSmallpox is a very serious contagious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a virus variola it characteristically includes skin lesions and scabs that at times have been confused. Smallpox What Is It? - deadly disease caused by the variola virus . The pox part of smallpox is derived from the Latin word for ‘spotted’ and refers to the raised bumps that appear . By Meghan . Burrage. What is Smallpox?. A serious contagious disease due to a virus. Once worldwide, causing illness and death. It mainly affected children and young adults. Family members often infected each other. Aditya Harsh. What is smallpox?. Smallpox is a very deadly disease caused by a virus called the . variola. virus.(. Dowshen. , Steven). Smallpox gets its name from the pus-filled blisters (or pocks) that form during the illness.(. Fernando Duarte & Zack Wood. Description. Smallpox is an infectious disease. It’s been occurring about 10,000BC. Very deadly disease before it’s cure was found, it killed over 500 death in the 20. ’. Communicating . with the public about smallpox vaccination in . post-war . Britain. Gareth Millward – . gareth.millward@lshtm.ac.uk. – Centre for History in Public Health. Improving health worldwide. Robert J. Leggiadro, MD. Villanova University. Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. ACHA Annual Meeting. mummified head preserved royal mummies mummies museum Inspection of the mummy revealed a rash of elevated 145pustules146 each two to four millimeters diameter that lower face neck and visible on espec and debate continues over whether strains of the disease should be retained in speci31ed laboratories Intervention or program965 international efforts to eradicate smallpox were revitalized with the e the regular presence of a disease or infectious agent in a population. the reduction to zero of an infectious disease's presence in the global host population. the use of biological agents for the purpose of terrorism. BAXBYETAL.forvirusisolation,andtheanimalswerebledtopro-videserumsamples35daysafterexposure.Virusisolation.InTeheran,crustsfromlesionsandwhole-bloodspecimenswereinoculatedintocul-turesofprimarylambkidn Recommendations and ReportsFebruary 21, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. RR-4 Smallpox Vaccinationand Adverse Reactions MMWR Introduction.........................................................................2N Before vaccination, people should be asked if they or any of their household contacts are pregnant or intend to become pregnant in the next 4 weeks; those who respond positively should not be In addit Weinstein RS. Should Remaining Stockpiles of Smallpox Virus (Variola) Be Destroyed?. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(4):681-683. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.101865. BY ADEKUNLE JUMOKE DOLAPO. MICROBIOLOGY. 300LEVEL. 15/SCI05/002. TABLE OF CONTENT. . INTRODUCTION. WHAT CAUSES SMALLPOX. VIRUS CLASSIFICATION. TYPE OF DISEASE. ROUTE OF INFECTION. PATHOGENICITY OF THE VIRUS.