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[[Variola virus]] is a [[orthopoxvirus]], from the family [[Poxviridae]], the largest [[viruses]] to [[infect]] humans. It is a 200-400 nm dsDNA virus, lacking icosahedral symmetry. The other [[viruses]] of the family [[Poxviridae]] include | [[Variola virus]] is a [[orthopoxvirus]], from the family [[Poxviridae]], the largest [[viruses]] to [[infect]] humans. It is a 200-400 nm dsDNA virus, lacking icosahedral symmetry. The other [[viruses]] of the family [[Poxviridae]] include:<ref name="MooreSeward2006">{{cite journal|last1=Moore|first1=Zack S|last2=Seward|first2=Jane F|last3=Lane|first3=J Michael|title=Smallpox|journal=The Lancet|volume=367|issue=9508|year=2006|pages=425–435|issn=01406736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68143-9}}</ref> | ||
* [[Vaccinia]] virus | |||
* [[Molluscum contagiosum]] virus | |||
* [[Cowpox virus]] | |||
* [[Monkeypox virus]] | |||
The [[viral]] structure includes:<ref>{{cite book | last = Fields | first = Bernard | title = Fields virology | publisher = Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | location = Philadelphia | year = 2007 | isbn = 0781760607 }}</ref><ref name="pmid8184534">{{cite journal| author=Massung RF, Liu LI, Qi J, Knight JC, Yuran TE, Kerlavage AR et al.| title=Analysis of the complete genome of smallpox variola major virus strain Bangladesh-1975. | journal=Virology | year= 1994 | volume= 201 | issue= 2 | pages= 215-40 | pmid=8184534 | doi=10.1006/viro.1994.1288 | pmc= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8184534 }} </ref><ref name="pmid8661439">{{cite journal| author=Massung RF, Loparev VN, Knight JC, Totmenin AV, Chizhikov VE, Parsons JM et al.| title=Terminal region sequence variations in variola virus DNA. | journal=Virology | year= 1996 | volume= 221 | issue= 2 |pages= 291-300 | pmid=8661439 | doi=10.1006/viro.1996.0378 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8661439 }} </ref> | The [[viral]] structure includes:<ref>{{cite book | last = Fields | first = Bernard | title = Fields virology | publisher = Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | location = Philadelphia | year = 2007 | isbn = 0781760607 }}</ref><ref name="pmid8184534">{{cite journal| author=Massung RF, Liu LI, Qi J, Knight JC, Yuran TE, Kerlavage AR et al.| title=Analysis of the complete genome of smallpox variola major virus strain Bangladesh-1975. | journal=Virology | year= 1994 | volume= 201 | issue= 2 | pages= 215-40 | pmid=8184534 | doi=10.1006/viro.1994.1288 | pmc= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8184534 }} </ref><ref name="pmid8661439">{{cite journal| author=Massung RF, Loparev VN, Knight JC, Totmenin AV, Chizhikov VE, Parsons JM et al.| title=Terminal region sequence variations in variola virus DNA. | journal=Virology | year= 1996 | volume= 221 | issue= 2 |pages= 291-300 | pmid=8661439 | doi=10.1006/viro.1996.0378 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8661439 }} </ref> | ||
* [[Outer membrane]] | * [[Outer membrane]] | ||
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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
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus.
Taxonomy
Viruses; dsDNA; Poxviridae; Chordopoxvirinae; Orthopoxvirus; Variola vera
Biology
Variola virus is a orthopoxvirus, from the family Poxviridae, the largest viruses to infect humans. It is a 200-400 nm dsDNA virus, lacking icosahedral symmetry. The other viruses of the family Poxviridae include:[1]
- Vaccinia virus
- Molluscum contagiosum virus
- Cowpox virus
- Monkeypox virus
The viral structure includes:[2][3][4]
- Outer membrane
- 2 lateral bodies
- 1 dsDNA molecule in its core containing 186,999 base pairs
Variola virus genes are similar to the ones of vaccinia virus. Since there is cross-protection between poxviruses within a same genus, it was possible to use the second as a vaccine for smallpox virus.[5]
There are 2 forms of variola virus:
- Variola major
- Variola minor
Both strains of the virus share a large amount of genome, yet they differ clinically. This leads to the assumption that the difference in virulence resides in alternate gene expression.[1]
Origin
Tropism
Natural reservoir
Humans are the only natural reservoir of smallpox virus.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moore, Zack S; Seward, Jane F; Lane, J Michael (2006). "Smallpox". The Lancet. 367 (9508): 425–435. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68143-9. ISSN 0140-6736.
- ↑ Fields, Bernard (2007). Fields virology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0781760607.
- ↑ Massung RF, Liu LI, Qi J, Knight JC, Yuran TE, Kerlavage AR; et al. (1994). "Analysis of the complete genome of smallpox variola major virus strain Bangladesh-1975". Virology. 201 (2): 215–40. doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1288. PMID 8184534.
- ↑ Massung RF, Loparev VN, Knight JC, Totmenin AV, Chizhikov VE, Parsons JM; et al. (1996). "Terminal region sequence variations in variola virus DNA". Virology. 221 (2): 291–300. doi:10.1006/viro.1996.0378. PMID 8661439.
- ↑ Shchelkunov, Sergei N.; Resenchuk, Sergei M.; Totmenin, Alexei V.; Blinov, Vladimir M.; Marennikova, Svetlana S.; Sandakhchiev, Lev S. (1993). "Comparison of the genetic maps of variola and vaccinia viruses". FEBS Letters. 327 (3): 321–324. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(93)81013-P. ISSN 0014-5793.
- ↑ "Smallpox disease overview".