| variola minor |
alastrim: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
|
|---|---|
| variola minor |
Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected. The other type, V. minor, only kills 1% of its victims. Many survivors are left blind in one or both eyes from corneal ulcerations, and persistent skin scarring - pockmarks - is nearly universal. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variola_Minor
|