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    Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, a brick-shaped virus with double-stranded DNA that spreads through direct contact with infected persons or objects. It produces a rash that starts on the face and spreads across the body, with symptoms like fever, headache, and vomiting. Edward Jenner discovered in 1796 that inoculation against the similar cowpox virus provided immunity to smallpox.

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    Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, a brick-shaped virus with double-stranded DNA that spreads through direct contact with infected persons or objects. It produces a rash that starts on the face and spreads across the body, with symptoms like fever, headache, and vomiting. Edward Jenner discovered in 1796 that inoculation against the similar cowpox virus provided immunity to smallpox.

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    Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, a brick-shaped virus with double-stranded DNA that spreads through direct contact with infected persons or objects. It produces a rash that starts on the face and spreads across the body, with symptoms like fever, headache, and vomiting. Edward Jenner discovered in 1796 that inoculation against the similar cowpox virus provided immunity to smallpox.

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    SMALL POX

    VARIOLA VIRUS
    - member of genus Orthopoxvirus
    -Poxviridae family
    - linear, double-stranded DNA virus

    STRUCTURE
    - brick-shaped, with a membranous
    envelope from host cell
    -dumbbell-shaped core

    OTHER SYMPTOMS
    TRANSMISSION
    It spreads from contact with infected -fever
    persons. It can also be spread through direct -headache
    contact with infected bodily fluids or other -vomiting
    contaminated objects.
    -malaise
    -chills
    PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS TREATMENT
    -early rash Edward Jenner, 1796
    -pustular rash and scabs -milkmaids who had cowpox before
    -small bumps were immune to smallpox
    -skin lesions across face and body -inoculated against cowpox means
    VARIANTS you are inoculated against smallpox
    -Variola Major
    -Variola Minor

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