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variola - Definition: (Source: MedicineNet)

Variola: Smallpox, a highly contagious and frequently fatal viral disease characterized by a biphasic (double-humped) fever and a distinctive skin rash that (if the patient survived) left pock marks in its wake. The English physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) exploited the fact that cowpox created immunity to smallpox and successfully developed an attenuated (weakened) virus vaccine for smallpox. Thanks to vaccination, smallpox has been eradicated. It was so named because the pocks were small and the disease was seen as less than the "great pox" (syphilis). ...
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About variola (Source: MayoClinic)

Smallpox is a contagious, disfiguring and often deadly disease caused by the variola virus. Few other illnesses have had such a profound effect on human health and history. In the 20th century alone, an estimated 300 million people died of smallpox. ...
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Smallpox - Topic Overview ( WebMD ) What is smallpox?Smallpox is a potentially deadly infection caused by the variola virus. The telltale signs of smallpox are severe...Smallpox is a contagious infection caused by the variola virus.

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