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smallpox | American Dictionary

smallpox
noun[ U ]
us/ˈsmɔlˌpɑks/
an extremely infectious viral disease that causes fever, spots on the skin, and often death:
smallpox vaccinations

Examples of smallpox

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But the number of countries where smallpox has been endemic fell from 30 in 1967 to four in 1973.
This time there was plenty of fighting in strange jungle conditions, where the troops were furthermore stricken with smallpox.
Secondly, deaths attributable to cholera, smallpox and even some to 'fever' were due to epidemics unrelated to the famine.
Prior to admission, all children were given a cowpox vaccination to prevent smallpox and the orphanages employed a doctor who provided the necessary medical care.
The study of immunity cannot be complete without mention of smallpox.
At present such legislation does not appear to be relevant to smallpox virus which however does present a particular paradox.
Although the smallpox virus is much larger than polio, the technical feasibility of artificially synthesizing smallpox is perhaps dubious.
We estimated the fraction of the population susceptible, transmission potential and infection distributions from the published literature on the natural history of smallpox.
More fearsome is the possibility that the straightforward technique used on mousepox could allow the genetic engineering of vaccine-resistant smallpox.
Although he died of tuberculosis, there was no sign of the equally virulent smallpox, against which both brothers had been vaccinated in childhood.
However, as long as endemic foci of human infection exist, the introduction of smallpox into countries where it is unknown remains a constant possibility.
The polio study, for example, reveals that it might be possible to produce the smallpox virus through similar procedures.
All of the patients who were treated had advanced metastatic tumours; furthermore, they had all been vaccinated with smallpox (vaccinia).
These simulations begin to quantify and examine some of the policy issues surrounding a release of smallpox.
The coal pits, like the rest of the country, did not escape smallpox.
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Collocations withsmallpox

smallpox

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case of smallpox
In the caseofsmallpox, the choice was between compulsory and voluntary vaccination.
smallpox hospital
It had 24 beds, and so was the right size for use as a first-line smallpox hospital.
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