What is Smallpox?

What is Smallpox?

• Smallpox: Dangerous virus now almost eliminated worldwide by vaccination.
• Smallpox: 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)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Smallpox: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Smallpox: Introduction

Types of Smallpox:

Broader types of Smallpox:

• Viral diseases
• Bioterrorism
• more types...»

How many people get Smallpox?

Incidence (annual) of Smallpox: 0 cases throughout the world.
Incidence Rate of Smallpox: approx 1 in 0 or 0.00% or 0 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Smallpox?

Complications of Smallpox: see complications of Smallpox

What causes Smallpox?

Causes of Smallpox: see causes of Smallpox
Risk factors for Smallpox: see risk factors for Smallpox

What are the symptoms of Smallpox?

Symptoms of Smallpox: see symptoms of Smallpox

Complications of Smallpox: see complications of Smallpox

Can anyone else get Smallpox?

Contagion of Smallpox: Very contagious.
More information: see contagiousness of Smallpox

Smallpox: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Smallpox.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Smallpox.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Smallpox: see treatments for Smallpox
Prevention of Smallpox: see prevention of Smallpox
Research for Smallpox: see research for Smallpox

Name and Aliases of Smallpox

Main name of condition: Smallpox

Class of Condition for Smallpox: viral

Variola Source - Diseases Database

Variola, Variola major
Source - WordNet 2.1

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