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Meanings of variola major in English

Portuguese
varíola
Catalan
verola
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A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

varíola
Portuguese
varíola

A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent.

varíola
Usage of variola major in English
1
Smallpox was the common name for the viruses variola major and minor, genus orthopoxvirus, in the poxvirus family.
Spiral
2
The most dangerous bioweapon on the planet is Variola major, a form of the smallpox virus.
The new yorker
3
Variola major had a fatality rate of thirty to fifty percent, while variola minor's was under five percent.
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Translations for variola major
Portuguese
varíola
Catalan
verola