English-Italian translations for smallpox

• vaiolo
  L'Iraq possiede i virus del vaiolo? Does Iraq possess the smallpox virus?
  Molti paesi si stanno preparando per potersi difendere meglio dall'antrace o dal vaiolo; ciò implica enormi costi. Many countries take measures in order to protect themselves against anthrax or smallpox better.
  Effettivamente la settimana scorsa si è svolta una simulazione di vaiolo principalmente incentrata sulla possibilità di un attacco bioterroristico.It is true that we had a simulation exercise last week for smallpox. It was mostly focused on the possibility of a bioterrorist attack.

Definition of smallpox

• An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by of the family ''Poxviridae''. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks

Examples

• The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy

Related words

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• smallholding
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