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Meanings of variola virus in English

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

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        Examples for "smallpox virus"
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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, ...
        Usage of variola virus in English
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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
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