Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)»Smallpox (B03)
B03
Smallpox
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Smallpox22 drugs (6 approved, 16 experimental)
An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)