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Smallpox research in the United States continues and focuses on the development of vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tests to protect people against smallpox in the event that it is used as an agent of bioterrorism.
- About Smallpox
People who had smallpox had a fever and a distinctive,...
- History of Smallpox
Central and South America; 17 th Century—European settlers...
- Transmission
People who cared for smallpox patients and washed their...
- Signs and Symptoms
Signs and Symptoms . This stage lasts about 4 days....
- Prevention and Treatment
In June 2021, the FDA approved brincidofovir (TEMBEXA) for...
- Smallpox Vaccine Basics
Smallpox vaccination can protect you from smallpox for about...
- Bioterrorism
Thanks to a successful worldwide vaccination effort in the...
- Research
There are two antiviral drugs, tecovirimat (TPOXX) and...
- About Smallpox
In June 2021, the FDA approved brincidofovir (TEMBEXA) for treatment of smallpox. In laboratory tests, brincidofovir has been shown to stop the growth of the virus that causes smallpox and to be effective in treating animals that had diseases similar to smallpox.
Smallpox is a systemic febrile disease with typical rash, and a mortality rate of about 30% following natural infections. Both upper respiratory tract and skin/contact infections of humans with VARV are preceded by a rather long incubation of about 14 days (7–17 days).
11 paź 2024 · smallpox, acute infectious disease that begins with a high fever, headache, and back pain and then proceeds to an eruption on the skin that leaves the face and limbs covered with cratered pockmarks, or pox. For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children.
7 cze 2016 · People who had smallpox had a fever and a distinctive, progressive skin rash. Most people with smallpox recovered, but about 3 out of every 10 people with the disease died. Many smallpox survivors have permanent scars over large areas of their body, especially their faces.
8 sie 2023 · Smallpox is the first human infectious disease to be successfully eradicated worldwide. It remains of clinical concern because of the potential for release and weaponization. Smallpox is a member of the viral family poxvirus, genus orthopoxvirus, and species variola virus.
11 gru 2014 · Smallpox, caused by the variola virus, was a highly contagious infectious disease that caused infected individuals to develop a fever and a progressive, disfiguring skin rash. Three of out 10 individuals infected with smallpox died.
