"Smallpox" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D012899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.743.826
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| Concept/Terms |
Variola Minor- Variola Minor
- Minor, Variola
- Minors, Variola
- Variola Minors
- Alastrim
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smallpox" by people in Profiles.
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Hoenig LJ, Wollina U, Tilles G, Wallach D, Parish LC. Constant Joseph Desbordes' painting of Jean-Louis Alibert administering the smallpox vaccine ("La Vaccine"): An historic vaccination or artistic imagination? Clin Dermatol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 43(2):291-295.
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Soff GA, Levell NJ, Parish LC, Hoenig LJ. British Royalty and Aristocracy: Their skin maladies Part II. Queen Mary II's death from hemorrhagic smallpox. Clin Dermatol. 2023 Nov-Dec; 41(6):738-742.
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Kramer TR. Post-Smallpox Vaccination Skin Eruption in a Marine. Mil Med. 2018 09 01; 183(9-10):e649-e653.
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Remakus S, Ma X, Tang L, Xu RH, Knudson C, Melo-Silva CR, Rubio D, Kuo YM, Andrews A, Sigal LJ. Cutting Edge: Protection by Antiviral Memory CD8 T Cells Requires Rapidly Produced Antigen in Large Amounts. J Immunol. 2018 05 15; 200(10):3347-3352.
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Sigal LJ. The Pathogenesis and Immunobiology of Mousepox. Adv Immunol. 2016; 129:251-76.
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Fang M, Sigal LJ. Protective CD8+ T cell memory without help. Oncotarget. 2015 Oct 06; 6(30):28529-30.
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Remakus S, Sigal LJ. Memory CD8? T cell protection. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013; 785:77-86.
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Fang M, Roscoe F, Sigal LJ. Age-dependent susceptibility to a viral disease due to decreased natural killer cell numbers and trafficking. J Exp Med. 2010 Oct 25; 207(11):2369-81.
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Golovkin M, Spitsin S, Andrianov V, Smirnov Y, Xiao Y, Pogrebnyak N, Markley K, Brodzik R, Gleba Y, Isaacs SN, Koprowski H. Smallpox subunit vaccine produced in Planta confers protection in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 17; 104(16):6864-9.
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Di Pentima MC, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Pediatricians knowledge, views, and perspectives on smallpox and smallpox vaccine. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Mar; 45(2):165-72.