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==[[Smallpox further reading|Further reading]]==
==[[Smallpox further reading|Further reading]]==


==[[Smallpox resources|External Links]]==
==External Links==
===Disease information===
 
* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp Smallpox Fact Sheet] from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]]
* [http://www.afip.org/Departments/infectious/sp/text/1_1.htm Smallpox summary by AFIP (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)]
* [http://www.logicalimages.com/resourcesBTAgents.htm Bioterrorism Category A Agents—Information Resources]
* [http://www.smallpoxbiosafety.org/ Smallpox Biosafety] The Genetic Engineering of Smallpox: WHO’s Retreat from the Eradication of Smallpox Virus
* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp CDC.gov]—‘Bioterrorism Agents > Smallpox Info for Specific Groups: What Everyone Should Know,’ [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]]
* [http://cryptome.org/smallpox-wmd.htm Smallpox as a potential WMD].
 
=== General Information ===
* [http://www.vrc.nih.gov Vaccine Research Center (VRC)] - Information concerning vaccine research studies
 
=== Images ===
 
* [http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/atlassearch1.htm?appSession=108815523085552 Photographs of smallpox patients]
* [http://www.logicalimages.com/resourcesBTAgentsSmallpox.htm Smallpox Images and Diagnosis Synopsis]
 
=== Smallpox in history ===
 
* [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/ WHO.int]—‘Smallpox: Historical significance,’ [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
* [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ilej/image1.pl?item=page&seq=9&size=1&id=gm.1750.12.x.20.x.x.u96 Inoculation for the Small-Pox defended]—1750 article from Gentleman's Magazine
* [http://www.hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/aha2004/whypox.htm? Why Blame Smallpox?] Small pox in ancient Peru
* [http://www.smallpoxhistory.ucl.ac.uk/ History of Smallpox in South Asia]
* [http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Hindu_Culture2.htm Small pox history in India]


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Variola virus (Smallpox)
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Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Poxviridae
Genus: Orthopoxvirus
Species: Variola vera

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