Variola Minor Virus (Noun)
Meaning
A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The variola minor virus was a less severe form of smallpox with a significantly lower mortality rate compared to its counterpart.
- Researchers studied the variola minor virus to better understand the genetic differences between it and the more deadly variola major virus.
- Historical records show that the variola minor virus was often self-limiting and had a relatively low fatality rate of around 1 percent.
- The variola minor virus was one of the two main types of smallpox viruses that caused widespread epidemics throughout human history.
- Scientists were able to develop effective vaccines against the variola minor virus, which greatly reduced the number of cases worldwide.