Free program to reduce and replace animal tests in. But simona zompi commends the brave souls a buddhist nun, a boy, a cow, a dairymaid and physician edward jenner who first stopped the spread of this disastrous. Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. Smallpox is caused by the agent referred to as the variola virus varv, which belongs to the genus orthopoxvirus. Antiviral treatment is more effective than smallpox vaccination upon lethal. Named after the virus that causes smallpox variola virus, variolation is the. Viruses free fulltext evidence of longdistance aerial. Disease control experiments goat pox virus middle east. Lorthopoxvirose simienne, appelee aussi monkeypox ou variole du singe, est une affection. Pdf to describe a general overview of smallpox, clinical presentation, diagnosis, adverse. Then, the revelation that variola virus had been covertly weaponized. Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, variola major and variola minor. Virus structures most viruses are much smaller than cells the ones shown here are all drawn at approximately 900,000x magni.
Weekly epidemiological record releve epidemiologique. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in october 1977, and the world health. Two distinct phenomena of airborne transmission of variola virus smallpox were described in the preeradication eradirect respiratory transmission, and a. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article. Le virus est propage par voie aerienne ou par des objets contamines. Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, variola major and. Phylogenetic analysis of avian poxviruses among freeranging birds of virginia. Replication of variola virus in suspended cultures of. The development of the virus concept as reflected in. Read chapter 10 understanding of the biology of variola virus. How we conquered the deadly smallpox virus simona zompi.
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