 Smallpox
"Smallpox" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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D012899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.743.826
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| Concept/Terms |
Variola Minor- Variola Minor
- Minor, Variola
- Minors, Variola
- Variola Minors
- Alastrim
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smallpox" by people in Profiles.
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DeLaurentis CE, Kiser J, Zucker J. New Perspectives on Antimicrobial Agents: Tecovirimat for Treatment of Human Monkeypox Virus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 12 20; 66(12):e0122622.
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Chung S, Baum CR, Nyquist AC. Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Williams JTB, Nussbaum AM. Minister to Their Instruction: Revisiting the Minister-Vaccinator Rowland Hill. Pediatrics. 2018 12; 142(6).
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Elderd BD, Dwyer G, Dukic V. Population-level differences in disease transmission: a Bayesian analysis of multiple smallpox epidemics. Epidemics. 2013 Sep; 5(3):146-56.
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Hammarlund E, Lewis MW, Hanifin JM, Simpson EL, Carlson NE, Slifka MK. Traditional smallpox vaccination with reduced risk of inadvertent contact spread by administration of povidone iodine ointment. Vaccine. 2008 Jan 17; 26(3):430-9.
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Elderd BD, Dukic VM, Dwyer G. Uncertainty in predictions of disease spread and public health responses to bioterrorism and emerging diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 17; 103(42):15693-7.
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Franco-Paredes C, Lammoglia L, Santos-Preciado JI. [Historical perspective of smallpox in Mexico: emergence, elimination, and risk of reemergence due to bioterrorism]. Gac Med Mex. 2004 May-Jun; 140(3):321-7.
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Janoff EN, Lynfield R. Smallpox: remembrance of things past, or the coming plague? J Lab Clin Med. 2003 Oct; 142(4):211-5.
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Franco-Paredes C, del R?o C, Nava-Fr?as M, Rangel-Frausto S, T?llez I, Santos-Preciado JI. [Confronting bioterrorism: Epidemiologic, clinical, and preventive aspects of smallpox]. Salud Publica Mex. 2003 Jul-Aug; 45(4):298-309.
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del R?o-Chiriboga C, Franco-Paredes C. [Bioterrorism: a new problem of public health]. Salud Publica Mex. 2001 Nov-Dec; 43(6):585-8.
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