Smallpox

"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.

MeSH information

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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

MeSH Number(s)

C02.256.743.826

Concept/Terms

Smallpox

Variola Minor

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Diseases [C]
Virus Diseases [C02]
DNA Virus Infections [C02.256]
Poxviridae Infections [C02.256.743]
Smallpox [C02.256.743.826]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Smallpox" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Smallpox" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 31 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2002

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2002	6	0	6
2003	3	2	5
2004	2	1	3
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	1	3
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	1	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1

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