Vaccinia

Vaccinia is the condition resulting from infection with the Vaccinia virus. Vaccinia virus is closely related to the virus that causes cowpox. It is in the pox family of viruses, which also includes smallpox.

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Vaccinia is so mild that it is typically asymptomatic in healthy individuals, but may causes a mild rash and fever, with an extremely low rate of fatality.

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The body's immune response to vaccinia also immunizes against smallpox, and for this reason, vaccinia is used as a live-virus innoculator against smallpox. Vaccinia smallpox vaccine does not contain and cannot cause smallpox, but approximately one in one million individials will develop a fatal response to the vaccination.

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Vaccinia vaccination was the first example of vaccination. Prior to the use of vaccinia, smallpox epidemics were controlled somewhat through the use of inoculation -- a deliberate, minor exposure to the disease. Vaccination derives its name from Vaccinia.

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Cowpox: Cowpox is a disease of the skin caused by a virus (Cowpox virus) that is related to the Vaccinia virus. The ailment manifests itself in the form of red blisters and is transmitted by touch from cows to humans. The virus that causes cowpox was used to perform the first successful vaccination against ...

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Smallpox: Smallpox (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. The other type,...

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