Smallpox
Smallpox noun - A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
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Variola
Variola noun - A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
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- There are two variants of the Smallpox virus; variola major is hideously deadly, fatal in 20-30% of cases; variola minor is only fatal in around 1% of cases.
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Theme Naming: Varicella and Variola are both named after diseases: varicella is Latin for "chickenpox", variola means "smallpox".
Source: Video Game / Varicella - His final enemy is Modo Variola, whose last name means "smallpox".
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