Smallpox

Smallpox, a contagious disease produced by the variola virus (genus Orthopoxvirus), was eradicated in 197. The word smallpox is believed to come from the Latin word pocca meaning “pouch,” and variola from varius or varus meaning “spotted pimple.” There were three ...

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