Smallpox: Clinical and Epidemiologic Features
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Smallpox: clinical and epidemiologic features.
Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Smallpox Smallpox is a viral disease unique to humans. To sustain itself, the virus must pass from person to person in a continuing chain of infection and is spread by inhalation of air droplets or aerosols. Twelve to 14 days after infection, the patient typically becomes febrile and has severe aching pains and prostration. Some 2 to 3 days later, a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0504.990415