variola major

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Noun	1.	variola major - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars smallpox, variola pox - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox - a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus pock - a pustule in an eruptive disease
	2.	variola major - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent variola major virus smallpox virus, variola virus - the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon

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alastrim Cuban itch Kaffir pox milk pox pock pox pseudosmallpox pseudovariola smallpox smallpox virus variola variola major virus variola minor variola virus West Indian smallpox white pox			Variola major was contagious from onset until after the last scab was shed. What Is Smallpox and What Are It's Main Causes? by peterhutch / Health, general community Overall, the average death rate of all types of variola major is about 30%. Virulent smallpox stymied as a weapon by USA Today (Magazine) Historical data on this and other aspects of disease control were published in the early 1900s after a variola major virus outbreak in Liverpool (1902-1903) (7) and in the mid-1940s after an outbreak in Edinburgh in 1942 (8) (document available from http://www. Surveillance and control measures during smallpox outbreaks by Leach, Steve / Emerging Infectious Diseases			variedness variegate variegated variegated horsetail variegated scouring rush variegation Varier varietal varietal wine Varietas variety variety artist Variety hybrid variety is the spice of life variety meat variety show variety store Varietyese varifocal varifocals variform Variformed Varify vario- variola variola major variola major virus variola minor variola minor virus variola vaccina variola vaccine variola vaccinia variola virus Variolar variolate variolation variole Variolic variolite Variolitic variolization varioloid variolous variometer variorum variorum edition various variously variously-leaved pondweed variscite varisized			Variez varifocal varifocal Varifocal Lens varifocals variform variform Variformed Variformed Varify Varig Varig Flight Training Center Varignon's theorem Varignon, Pierre Varigrip system Varin varindor Vario Vario Vario Fiore Butter Dish vario- variocoupler Variogram variograph variola variola variola Variola maior Variola maior Variola maior variola major variola major virus variola minor variola minor variola minor variola minor virus variola minor virus Variola porcina Variola porcina variola vaccina variola vaccine variola vaccinia Variola vera Variola vera Variola vera variola virus variola virus variola virus variola virus variolar variolar variolar variolate variolate variolated variolated variolates variolates variolating variolating variolation

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