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Orthopoxvirus
family, (variola major)
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Can spread from
person to person, aerosolized
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Signs and
symptoms
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flu-like
beginning with high fever
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maculopapular
rash usually starts on face and hands
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then forearms and
trunk and legs
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become vesicular
and pustular (embedded in dermis)
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all lesions occur
at same level of development
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leave pitted scar
after separation from skin
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