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Smallpox is a serious and contagious disease that causes a rash on the skin.
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Smallpox is an infection caused by the virus called variola, a member of the poxvirus family. Throughout all of history, smallpox has been a greatly feared disease, responsible for huge epidemics worldwide, and the cause of great suffering and mas...
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Epidemic smallpox was one of the deadliest scourges ever to afflict humankind. It killed ancient Egyptian Pharoahs, villagers in teeming Asian villages, aristocrats in Paris and St. Petersburgh, and children in colonial New England. It contributed...
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