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Smallpox is the name of an infectious disease caused by a virus called variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus, in the Poxviridae family.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoWorld Health Assembly on 8 May 1980 declared that smallpox it is eradicated.However smallpox can be founded in some scientific labs in USA or Russia.
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∙ 10y agoyes, smallpox is a lantent virus
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No. made up of double stranded DNA
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What do latent viruses not do?
They are not active and do not make new viruses.
What is a latent virus?
Latent Viruses: some viruses can be latent. That means that after the virus enters a cell, its hereditary material can become part of the cell's hereditary material.
How are smallpox virus and molluscum contagiosum related?
Both smallpox and molluscum are caused by pox viruses. Smallpox is lifethreatening, while molluscum is benign.
Is chickenpox related to smallpox?
No. Chickenpox did not come from smallpox they are 2 separate viruses.
Is smallpox a Latin word?
No, it is not. The Latin name of the viruses causing smallpox is Variola or Variola vera, with the two substrands called major and minor.
Does smallpox form a provirus?
No. The are different from other pox viruses in that they replicate in the cytoplasm and not the nucleus.
What kind of medicine is used for smallpox?
There is no effective medicine. A vaccine is used to prevent it. Jenner made the first ever vaccine for smallpox!
Is smallpox a DNA virus or an RNA virus?
Smallpox contains DNASmallpox is a virus, and therefore, can only have RNA or DNA. In the case of smallpox, it contains DNA. Viruses require a host to supply them with either RNA or DNA in order that more virus entities can be made.DNA
Viruses that causes infection resulting in alternating periods of activity with symptoms and inactivity without symptoms are called?
Latent
What latent virus does when enters a cell?
First the virus goes into the cell. When its in the cell it "hides" and the cell makes a copy. Once it makes a copy the latent virus reveal themselves and then there are latent viruses in the first cell and the duplicated one. After that it copies it self in each cell and then releases.
How do scientists study smallpox?
Good question. Generally we don't directly study smallpox, because it is a very dangerous virus. Instead we study related viruses such as Vaccinia. However the CDC in Atlanta does maintain smallpox for research, but only under extremely safe conditions.
Can influenza be a latent virus?
No. Influenza viruses are active. You are infected, so your body creates antibodies that disable the viruses in 7 to 10 days. Then your body eventually removes all of the "dead" ones from your body. Latent viruses, like HIV, hepatitis C, and Herpes viruses, infect you but don't cause evidence of disease until later, sometimes years later, as they lie dormant (latent) hidden in your tissues until the disease they cause eventually manifests.
