A positive Tzank smear is not relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox variola.
A positive Tzank smear is not relevant to a laboratory diagnosis of smallpox variola.
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.
The latin name for smallpox is "variola" or "variola vera".
Smallpox is a viral disease caused by either the Variola major or Variola minor virus variants.
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Smallpox is caused by the variola major virus
Smallpox is caused by a virus. The technical name for it is variola.
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.
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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.