- smallpox virus
- variola v.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
smallpox virus
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Smallpox — otheruses4|the disease the 1982 Serbian film|Variola Vera|the fish genus|Variola (Serranidae) Infobox Disease Name = Smallpox Caption = A child infected with smallpox ICD10 = ICD10|B|03| |b|00 ICD9 = ICD9|050 DiseasesDB = 12219 MedlinePlus =… … Wikipedia
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Smallpox vaccine — The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine ever to be developed. It was first perfected in 1796 by Edward Jenner who acted upon the observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus did not catch smallpox. Before smallpox… … Wikipedia
smallpox martyr — (SMAWL.poks mar.tur) n. A person infected with the smallpox virus who deliberately attempts to spread the disease to other people and start an epidemic. Example Citation: It has been 30 years since American children received routine vaccinations… … New words
Smallpox bioterrorism — The misuse of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. Routine vaccinations stopped in the US in 1972. More than 40% of Americans and many others around the world have not been vaccinated and are vulnerable. Those… … Medical dictionary
smallpox vaccine — [USP] a live viral vaccine prepared from vaccinia virus grown in the skin of a vaccinated bovine calf; used for immunization against smallpox, administered by scarification. Now recommended only for laboratory workers exposed to smallpox virus;… … Medical dictionary
smallpox — ► NOUN ▪ an acute contagious disease spread by a virus, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars … English terms dictionary
