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Smallpox

Description

Publication Year: 2009
Language: English
Website: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/smallpox.htm

The publication provides general information about smallpox, which is a disfiguring and potentially deadly infectious disease caused by the Variola major virus. The information included in this publicaiton consists of an overview of the disease, transmission, symptoms, treatment, prevention and research conducted by NIAID.

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Source

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
6610 Rockledge Drive, MSC 6612
Bethesda MD 20892-6612

Phone: (301) 402-1663 (Media Inquiries)
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