Smallpox
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 Smallpox facts

• The disease is also known by the Latin names variola or variola vera, derived from varius ("spotted") or varus ("pimple")
• The disease was originally known in English as the "pox" or "red plague"; the term "smallpox" was first used in Britain in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the "great pox" (syphilis)
• The last naturally occurring case of smallpox (Variola minor) was diagnosed on 26 October 1977
• Infection with smallpox is focused in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat before disseminating
• In the skin it results in a characteristic maculopapular rash and, later, raised fluid-filled blisters
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• major produced a more serious disease and had an overall mortality rate of 30–35 percent
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• minor caused a milder form of disease (also known as alastrim, cottonpox, milkpox, whitepox, and Cuban itch) which killed about 1 percent of its victims
• Long-term complications of V