Variola Minor
A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus; of low mortality. [CancerWEB]
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Variola minor, a milder form of smallpox, produces death in 1% of unvaccinated people.
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Smallpox comes in two forms: variola minor or the more deadly variola major.
How it Spreads: The smallpox virus is relatively stable and the dose required for infection is small, making it a candidate for aerosol release.
Variola minor is a milder form of the disease and causes a less serious illness. It's fatal in less than 1 percent of people who contract it. Variola major, on the other hand, kills one-third of the people it infects.
Variola major is a serious illness that can be life threatening in people who have not been vaccinated
Variola minor is a milder infection that rarely causes death
It usually takes 12 - 14 days after a person has been infected for symptoms to appear.
Variola major is a serious illness with a death rate of about 30% or more in unvaccinated people
Variola minor is a milder infection with a death rate of less than 1%.
The incubation period for smallpox is approximately 12-14 days.
Before the eradication of smallpox, variola virus existed as two related strains: variola major (smallpox), with a case-mortality rate of 20 to 50 percent, and variola minor (alastrim), ...
Historically, variola major has an overall fatality rate of about 30%; however, flat and hemorrhagic smallpox usually are fatal. Variola minor is a less common presentation of smallpox, and a much less severe disease, ...
 See also: Variola, Death, Fever, Rash, Symptom
  
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