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 major::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | smallpox, variola |
| Type of | pox |
| Has types | cuban itch, kaffir pox, milk pox, white pox, variola minor, west indian smallpox, alastrim, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola |
variola major::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | variola major virus |
| Type of | smallpox virus, variola virus |
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Infection with v. minor induces immunity against the more deadly variola major form.
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This form of variola major is more easily confused with chickenpox.
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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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Bioterrorists would most likely use the variola major strain.
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The illness, which is unique to humans, is caused by one of two viruses, variola minor and variola major.
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Yugoslav health officials suspect that some also brought back variola major, the most virulent form of smallpox.
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By the mid-20th century variola minor occurred along with variola major, in varying proportions, in many parts of Africa.
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Before the introduction of a vaccine, the mortality of the severe form of smallpox-variola major-was very high.
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She developed fever and a rash in early August, but two weeks passed before her illness was diagnosed as variola major, the severe form of smallpox.
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