a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
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variola::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | smallpox, variola major |
| Type of | pox |
| Has types | cuban itch, kaffir pox, milk pox, white pox, alastrim, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, west indian smallpox |
Examples of variola
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Infection with v. minor induces immunity against the more deadly variola major form.
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Further, the 8AH8AL antibody neutralized one strain of the smallpox-causing variola virus.
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However the variola virus, which causes the infection, is not gone.
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This form of variola major is more easily confused with chickenpox.
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Vaccinia is in the same family as cowpox and variola but is genetically distinct from both.
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Variola major is the severe and most common form, with a more extensive rash and higher fever.
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Others suggest it came from the smallpox virus, variola.
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The highly virulent variola and monkeypox viruses express secreted inhibitors of type I interferon.
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Bioterrorists would most likely use the variola major strain.
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- Smallpox: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
- Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple". ...
- Variola is a genus of fish in the Serranidae family.
- Smallpox
