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A positive Tzank smear is not relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox variola.

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Is NOT relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox (variola)?

A positive Tzank smear is not relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox variola.


Is Under light microscopy aggregations of Guarnieri bodies relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox?

Yes, the presence of Guarnieri bodies is relevant to the laboratory diagnosis of smallpox. These are cytoplasmic inclusions found in infected cells and are characteristic of the variola virus, which causes smallpox. Identifying these bodies under light microscopy can help confirm the diagnosis, especially when combined with other laboratory techniques. However, due to the historical eradication of smallpox, such diagnoses are now rare.


What is the Scientific namefor the Smallpox vaccine?

The latin name for smallpox is "variola" or "variola vera".


Is smallpox a bacterial disease?

Smallpox is a viral disease caused by either the Variola major or Variola minor virus variants.


What is the alias of the virus variola?

smallpox


What is the viral name of smallpox?

variola


What microbe causes smallpox?

Smallpox is caused by the variola major virus


What is pathogen of smallpox?

Smallpox is caused by a virus. The technical name for it is variola.


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.


What type of virus is smallpox?

variola virus


Is smallpox caused by the variola virus?

Yes.


The scientific name of the variola virus?

Variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus within the Poxviridae family. Its scientific name is Variola major for the more severe form of smallpox and Variola minor for the milder form.