Q: what's the difference between chickenpox and smallpox?

1 exists 1doesn't: Chickenpox is a human only viral infection that is often experienced in childhood.A vaccine is available to prevent it.Chickenpox is relatively low risk with 1death/80, 000 cases.Smallpox was a human only viral infection that last caused disease in the wild in 1978.It was high risk, 30% of cases were fatal. The world health organization declared smallpox extinct.

Q: could smallpox still exist and how does it differ from chickenpox.?

No: The last case of wild smallpox in the world was found in 1977, while 2 lab accident cases were recorded ~1980. Small pox causes dime sized blisters that come up all at the same time and tend to cluster about the face, but can cover the body. Chickenpox blisters come up in waves of 5-10 at a time over a 6 day period and are pellet sized. Spx killed 1/3, cpx killed 1/40000.Stored virus remains.

Q: can the smallpox vaccine cause chickenpox in an adult?

Smallpox&varicella : Small popx and varicella viruses are different and one cannot cause the other.

Q: is smallpox serious?

Deadly: Case fatality rate 30-100% depending on form and patient age. Patients were often bedridden with fever 102-4 for the week before spots came out. If they survived, it was 3-4 wks before the were no longer contageous and longer before they regained their strength.

Q: how is smallpox transmitted?

Person to person: No insects or animals for this disease. Only contact with infectious material from a contageous person will pass this germ. Viral particles from sores inside the mouth or blisters on the skin are the source.

Q: what is the cause of smallpox?

Variola Virus: Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which is a large dna virus that is rather contagious and easily transmissible from humans to humans.

Q: what are the tests for smallpox?

None: Smallpox was eradicated in 1979. There were non-specific blood tests. The diagnosis was made based on the rash and the clinical picture as well as the knowledge of an outbreak.

Question 1

how are smallpox and chickenpox distinguished from each other?

Accepted Answer

Totally different: Viruses and the manifestations of the diseases caused by them are similar only by the formation of blisters (vesicles) in the skin.  Two important ways to tell them apart, chickenpox is most concentrated on the face and torso and smallpox on the face and extremities.  Chickenpox lesions are in all stages of development and smallpox lesions look all the same.

Question 2

how is chickenpox different from smallpox?

Accepted Answer

Different virus: Smallpox has been listed as erradicated by the who.Case fatality rate ran about 30% compaired to <.001%. Blisters were often dime sized and seen on the face early before covering the body. Chickenpox blisters are seen early on the neck & behind the ear and seldom bigger than a pea.

Question 3

what's the difference between chickenpox and smallpox?

Accepted Answer

1 exists 1doesn't: Chickenpox is a human only viral infection that is often experienced in childhood.A vaccine is available to prevent it.Chickenpox is relatively low risk with 1death/80, 000 cases.Smallpox was a human only viral infection that last caused disease in the wild in 1978.It was high risk, 30% of cases were fatal. The world health organization declared smallpox extinct.

Question 4

could smallpox still exist and how does it differ from chickenpox.?

Accepted Answer

No: The last case of wild smallpox in the world was found in 1977, while 2 lab accident cases were recorded ~1980. Small pox causes dime sized blisters that come up all at the same time and tend to cluster about the face, but can cover the body. Chickenpox blisters come up in waves of 5-10 at a time over a 6 day period and are pellet sized. Spx killed 1/3, cpx killed 1/40000.Stored virus remains.

Question 5

can the smallpox vaccine cause chickenpox in an adult?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox&varicella : Small popx and varicella viruses are different and one cannot cause the other.

Question 6

i want to know what is the difference between chicken pox and smallpox?

Accepted Answer

Different virus: Smallpox has been listed as erradicated by the who as of 1978.Case fatality rate ran about 30% compaired to &lt;.001% with chickenpox. Blisters were often dime sized and seen on the face early before covering the body. Chickenpox blisters are seen early on the neck & behind the ear and seldom bigger than a pea.

Question 7

is smallpox serious?

Accepted Answer

Deadly: Case fatality rate 30-100% depending on form and patient age. Patients were often bedridden with fever 102-4 for the week before spots came out. If they survived, it was 3-4 wks before the were no longer contageous and longer before they regained their strength.

Question 8

how is smallpox transmitted?

Accepted Answer

Person to person: No insects or animals for this disease. Only contact with infectious material from a contageous person will pass this germ. Viral particles from sores inside the mouth or blisters on the skin are the source.

Question 9

what is the cause of smallpox?

Accepted Answer

Variola Virus: Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which is a large dna virus that is rather contagious and easily transmissible from humans to humans.

Question 10

what are the tests for smallpox?

Accepted Answer

None: Smallpox was eradicated in 1979. There were non-specific blood tests. The diagnosis was made based on the rash and the clinical picture as well as the knowledge of an outbreak.

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