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Smallpox

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Smallpox is a serious, sometimes fatal disease caused by the variola virus.

Smallpox resources:

• Short and extended messages

For more about smallpox, see the CDC Smallpox website.

• Page last updated May 14, 2007

• Content source: CDC Emergency Communication System (ECS), Division of Health Communication and Marketing (DHCM), National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM)