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Preferred term

Smallpox  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Variola

In other languages

  • French

  • Petite vérole
  • Variola major
  • Variole majeure

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NN5ZVV45-5

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