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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Overview

People who work in laboratories with the virus are at risk of contracting smallpox. Before its eradication, risk factors for developing smallpox included: physical contact with a patient with the disease, contact with contaminated body fluids, and exposure to contaminated aerosolized particles.^[1]

Risk Factors

Prior to Eradication

Physical contact with someone with smallpox

Direct contact with infected bodily fluids

Direct contact with contaminated surfaces

Exposure to aerosolized particles from someone with smallpox

Present

Laboratory work with the virus

References

↑ "Smallpox disease overview".

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[CDC-1] "Smallpox disease overview".

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 ==Overview==
-Smallpox is a [[contagious]] [[disease]] and contact with an infected individual could cause smallpox infection. It is also possible to acquire the infection through an airborne release of the smallpox [[virus]].
+People who work in laboratories with the [[smallpox virus|virus]] are at risk of contracting [[smallpox]]. Before its eradication, [[risk factors]] for developing smallpox included: physical contact with a patient with the disease, contact with contaminated body fluids, and exposure to contaminated aerosolized particles.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Smallpox disease overview | url = http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp }}</ref>
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 ==Risk Factors==
+===Prior to Eradication===
-Possible ways to become [[infected]] with smallpox include:
+*Physical contact with someone with smallpox
-*Prolonged [[face]]-to-face contact with someone who has smallpox (usually someone who already has a smallpox [[rash]]).
+*Direct contact with infected [[bodily fluids]]
-**This was how most people became infected with smallpox in the past. However, a person can be exposed to someone who has smallpox and not become infected.
-*Direct contact with infected [[bodily fluids]] or an object such as bedding or clothing that has the [[virus]] on it.
+*Direct contact with contaminated surfaces
-*Exposure to an [[aerosol]] release of smallpox (the virus is put in the air).
+*Exposure to aerosolized particles from someone with smallpox
-**On rare occasions in the past, smallpox was spread by virus carried in the air in enclosed places such as buildings, buses, and trains. The smallpox virus is not strong and is killed by sunlight and heat. In lab experiments, 90% of aerosolized smallpox virus dies within 24 hours; in the presence of sunlight, this percentage would be even greater.
-Smallpox is not known to be spread by insects or animals.
+===Present===
+* Laboratory work with the [[virus]]
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