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Meanings of smallpox virus in English

The virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon.

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        Examples for "variola virus"
        Examples for "variola virus"
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        While the variola virus that causes smallpox has been eliminated, it is still stored in various laboratories.
        Reuters
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        They include viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) syndrome as well as variola virus, the agent of smallpox.
        Pubmed
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        The assay was able to detect all viruses tested, including 8 sequences representative of different variola virus strains from the CDC repository.
        Pubmed
        Usage of smallpox virus in English
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        What Asakawa meant here had to be none other than the smallpox virus.
        Spiral
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        These women then became immune to the deadlier human smallpox virus.
        The Guardian
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        THE smallpox virus, which has killed millions over the centuries, finally faces extinction.
        The Irish Times
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        It is many years since the general population has been vaccinated against smallpox virus.
        Pubmed
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        The same thing we know happens with the smallpox virus.
        The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
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        A global vaccination effort eradicated the smallpox virus in 1979.
        Reuters
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        The six glass vials contained freeze-dried smallpox virus and were sealed with melted glass.
        Reuters
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        The smallpox virus is tangled up in this, right?
        Spiral
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        Listen, if we actually do turn up the smallpox virus, it'll be huge for you.
        Spiral
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        Her specific was inoculation with the genuine smallpox virus.
        Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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        The most dangerous bioweapon on the planet is Variola major, a form of the smallpox virus.
        The new yorker
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        THE days of the smallpox virus are numbered.
        The Irish Times
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        PCR assay for laboratory detection of smallpox virus.
        Pubmed
        14
        The former is an ancient practice which used the smallpox virus to confer immunity onto a patient.
        News.com.au
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        He substituted cowpox virus for smallpox virus.
        Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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        Just one teaspoon of smallpox virus is enough to infect every man, woman and child on earth.
        News.com.au