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Smallpox Search
The MEDLINE®/PubMed® Smallpox search retrieves over 30,000 references on smallpox and related diseases from MEDLINE/PubMed from 1780s to the present. See details of the search strategy below.
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The Reference and Web Services Section of the National Library of Medicine created and maintains this smallpox search strategy.
poxviral[tiab] OR
poxvirus OR
poxviruses OR
"pox virus" OR
"pox viruses" OR
"pox vaccine" OR
"pox vaccines" OR
"pox vaccinia" OR
camelpox OR
"camel pox" OR
cowpox OR
cow pox OR
monkeypox OR
monkey pox OR
orthopoxvirus OR
poxviridae[mh:noexp] OR
poxviridae infections[mh:noexp] OR
para vaccinia virus OR
alastrim OR
almaas OR
vaccinia OR
variola OR
variola virus OR
smallpox OR
small pox OR
variola virus OR
smallpox virus OR
"malignant smallpox" OR
"hemorrhagic smallpox" OR
smallpox vaccine OR
variolar[tw] OR
vaccinia virus NOT
("plum pox" OR "prunus")
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Smallpox Information Resources
- MedlinePlus® Smallpox health topic from the National Library of Medicine's Web site for consumer health information
- Smallpox: The Threat NLM History of Medicine Exhibit
- Smallpox and Vaccinia Chapter 6 of Plotkin SA, Orenstein WA, editors. Vaccines, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1999. Contents. On the NLM's National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Smallpox Web page
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Smallpox Web page
- FDA: U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Vaccines, Blood & Biologics: Smallpox Vaccine
Last Reviewed: April 14, 2023