Smallpox

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MeSH scope note: An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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- Smallpox
- Monkeypox

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- Smallpox vaccine
- Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR): smallpox
- Safety of smallpox vaccine

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