There are two distinct classifications of variola virus: major and minor (alastrim). Historically, the two types were based largely on mortality rates; however, recent evidence proves that the viruses ...

On Feb. 11, a citizen of Windsor, Canada, died of hemorrhagic smallpox, so unusual in character that it was not recognized before numerous persons had come in contact with the patient. Cases soon ...

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by variola virus that has killed millions of people over the centuries. The disease is characterized by the growth of innumerable bumps that cover the entire ...

The Disease Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease. There is no specific treatment for smallpox disease, and the only prevention is vaccination. The name smallpox is ...

Smallpox was one of the worst diseases to have ever plagued humankind. Fortunately, a worldwide vaccination effort in the decades following the Second World War wiped the virus off the face of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – It starts with fever, head and body aches. Then a red rash appears on the tongue and mouth, spreading to the arms and legs, then covering the entire body in 24 hours. Skin sores fill ...

The recent revelations that Soviet-era scientists might have passed on a genetically modified strain of the smallpox virus to Iraq probably surprised everyone except the American researchers closest ...

Scientists have made significant progress in developing an animal model of smallpox that closely resembles human disease, which will be necessary for testing of future vaccines and potential ...

Carolyn M. Constantin, RNC, MSN, PhD, CDR, Angela M. Martinelli, RN, DNSc, Stanley O. Foster, MD, MPH, Elizabeth A. Bonney, MD, Ora L. Strickland, RN, PhD, FAAN ...