smallpox
Let an agent explain smallpox as a historical and eradicated disease, relay its history, the vaccination and eradication story and current biosecurity arrangements from WHO and historical sources, and keep to public information without laboratory or agent handling detail.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain smallpox as a historical and eradicated disease, relay its history, the vaccination and eradication story and current biosecurity arrangements from WHO and historical sources, and keep to public information without laboratory or agent handling detail.
An acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, marked by fever and a characteristic pustular rash, with the severe variola major form killing about a third of those infected and the milder alastrim form far fewer, and rare haemorrhagic presentations; smallpox killed hundreds of millions over history, was the first disease prevented by vaccination, and was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980 after a global campaign, with the virus retained only in two authorised laboratories.
What it is for: Not applicable; an eradicated disease.
It can be explain the disease and its forms; relay the history of vaccination and eradication; relay current biosecurity arrangements in general terms; distinguish from related poxvirus diseases.
Distinguishing features
First eradicated human disease
First vaccine
Two virus repositories
Historical mass mortality
What it looks like
Not a visible object; historically a fever followed by a rash of pustules over the body.
Physical character
eradication declared: 1980 year - WHO
last natural case: 1977 year - Somalia
variola major case fatality: about 30 percent - historical
How it is recognised
Variola virus disease, eradicated
Variola major and minor forms
Mpox, chickenpox and cowpox are different diseases
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - the pathogen
was prevented by - from 1796
In practice
Families and kinds
variola major
variola minor or alastrim
haemorrhagic and flat presentations
historical epidemics by period and region
Identifiers
ICD-10 B03 smallpox
ICD-11 1E70
Standards and regulation
WHO resolutions on variola virus retention and research oversight
International Health Regulations on notification
Biosecurity and select agent rules for the virus
Failure modes and hazards
Re-emergence risk from laboratory or deliberate release, addressed by international oversight
Agents providing laboratory or agent handling detail
Confusing smallpox with mpox or chickenpox
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.smallpox
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What smallpox was.
General information.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What was smallpox, and how did variola major and minor differ? definition
- Is the question about historical smallpox or a current poxvirus disease such as mpox? boundary
Transmission
Transmission and course.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How did smallpox spread and progress, in general terms? definition
- Which entry fits variola virus? action
History History and eradication.
Attribution.
History
Historical impact.
History
History.
- How did smallpox affect populations across history, including its role in colonisation, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Eradication
Vaccination and eradication.
Eradication
Eradication.
- How did vaccination from Jenner and the WHO campaign eradicate smallpox? provenance
- Which entry fits the smallpox eradication programme? action
Today Biosecurity today.
Regulation.
Retention
Virus retention and oversight.
Retention
Retention.
- Where is variola virus retained, and how is research overseen by WHO, in public terms? provenance
- Is the presentation free of laboratory or agent handling detail? boundary
Preparedness
Preparedness.
Preparedness
Preparedness.
- What preparedness measures and vaccine stockpiles exist, per public health sources? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Legacy Legacy and lessons.
Context.
Lessons
Lessons for public health.
Lessons
Lessons.
- What lessons has eradication offered for other disease programmes, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Related
Related diseases.
Related
Related.
- How do mpox and other orthopoxvirus diseases relate to smallpox and its vaccine? provenance
- Which entry fits mpox? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should smallpox vaccine and eradication programme be separate primary entries?
- How should WHO sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming forms; should they be split off?