| H00372 | |
| H number | H00372 |
| Name | Smallpox; Variola |
| Description | Smallpox is a contagious disease caused by the variola virus, one of the Orthopoxviruses that causes skin eruption and marked toxemia. The disease was officially declared eradicated in 1979 following intensive vaccination campaigns. |
| Category | Viral infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Variola virus [GN:T40082] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | Brincidofovir [DR:D10547] Tecovirimat monohydrate [DR:D11557] |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1E70 ICD-10: B03 MeSH: D012899 MedlinePlus: 001356 |
| Reference | PMID:3319266 AUTHORS Jezek Z, Khodakevich LN, Wickett JF TITLE Smallpox and its post-eradication surveillance. JOURNAL Bull World Health Organ 65:425-34 (1987) PMID:9795781 AUTHORS Ellner PD TITLE Smallpox: gone but not forgotten. JOURNAL Infection 26:263-9 (1998) DOI:10.1007/bf02962244 PMID:27726788 AUTHORS Theves C, Crubezy E, Biagini P TITLE History of Smallpox and Its Spread in Human Populations. JOURNAL Microbiol Spectr 4:PoH-0004-2014 (2016) DOI:10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0004-2014 |