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Meanings of variola major virus in English

Portuguese
varíola

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

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        Examples for "variola major"
        Examples for "variola major"
        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.
        Spiral
        Translations for variola major virus
        Portuguese
        varíola