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BookmarkSmallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans.
It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor.
V.
major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected..
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