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Smallpox as a bioterrorism agent

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This flowchart depicts a mechanism of action in case an anthrax bioterrorism event were to occur. The photo credit for this image belongs to Gregory Zaric phD [1].

Variola major is the virus that causes smallpox. Symptoms of smallpox include fever and the characteristic skin rash of pox, and it has a 30% mortality rate. The mortality rate of smallpox for pregnant females was very high, up to 70% for those unvaccinated. Ocular variola and resulting blindness was common in smallpox patients in Asia. Smallpox in children caused elbow and knee joint problems in around 2% of unvaccinated children. Those who survived having smallpox were left with many scars on their body.

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Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2023, Kenyon College