smallpox infection

How Bad Was Smallpox Public Health?

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How Bad Was Smallpox Public Health? Early Control Efforts. Smallpox was a terrible disease. On average, 3 out of every 10 people who got it died. People who survived usually had scars, which were sometimes severe. Was smallpox a pandemic or epidemic? Centuries later, smallpox became the first virus epidemic to be ended by a

Can Smallpox Be Genetic?

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Can Smallpox Be Genetic? Can smallpox be genetic? Resistance To HIV Does smallpox have DNA as genetic material? Smallpox is caused by the Variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus. It’s genome consists of a single, linear double-stranded DNA molecule made up of 186,102 base pairs. There are 10 enzymes that regulate gene expression,