Varioloid

Varioloid is a mild form of smallpox that occurs in people who have previously had this disease or in those who have been vaccinated against this disease.

Varioloid resembles smallpox, but occurs in a milder form due to partial immunity developed by the body after previous infection with the smallpox virus or vaccination. Patients with varioloid develop a rash, fever and other symptoms of smallpox, but they are less pronounced and the disease is much milder than with smallpox. Mortality with varioloid is much lower than with smallpox.

Varioloid is a mild form of smallpox that occurs in people who have previously had the disease or in those who have been vaccinated against the disease.

Varioloid is characterized by symptoms reminiscent of smallpox, but occurs in a milder form. With varioloid, a rash and fever appear, as with smallpox, but the rashes are less abundant and heal faster, without leaving scars. The severity of symptoms depends on the degree of immunity developed by the body after previous smallpox or vaccination.

Varioloid is much less likely to cause death compared to smallpox. Thanks to vaccination and revaccination of the population, varioloid disease practically disappeared in the second half of the 20th century after the eradication of smallpox.

Varioloid (Vario-l-oid) is a subtype of viral disease that is caused by viruses of the Poxviridae family. Also known as anthroponotic smallpox, Variooid is distributed throughout the world. In the past it was considered smallpox, which is now controlled by annual vaccinations.

Varioloids were proposed as a subtype of smallpox by Wolff in 1905 based on morphological features. Others classified them as separate types of smallpox and were confident that the Variooid outbreak was not true smallpox. One of these