smallpox virus
Smallpox virus is the pathogen that causes smallpox, a highly contagious and often fatal disease characterized by fever and distinctive skin pustules.
The virus was eradicated through a global vaccination campaign, with the last natural case occurring in 1977.
Samples now exist only in secure laboratories: Researchers debate whether to destroy remaining smallpox virus stocks.
- virionSingle viral unit
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- infectious diseasePathogen-caused transmissible ailment
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- vaccination scarSkin mark from injection
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- Large DNA virusespoxviruses
- Pathogenspathogen, germ, germs, bacteria, bacterium
- poxvirusessmallpox, cowpox, monkeypox, mpox, goatpox
- virus partscapsid, envelope, spike protein, viral genome, coat protein
smallpox virussmallpox vaccine
Variola immunity preparation
cure · antibody · antiviral drug · antiviral · immunization
smallpox virusHIV
AIDS-causing retrovirus
influenza virus · poliovirus · measles virus · Ebola virus · endemic disease