variola virus
Noun
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The virus that causes smallpox in humans;
Can be used as a bioweapon (synset 101336677)is a type of: poxvirus - any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebratessubtypes:- variola major, variola major virus - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
- variola minor, variola minor virus - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
same as: smallpox virus
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