Smallpox vs Leprosy - What's the difference?
smallpox | leprosy |
(pathology) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by of the family Poxviridae . It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
* The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox , measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae .
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.
As nouns the difference between smallpox and leprosy
is that smallpox is an acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by species: Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks while leprosy is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.smallpox
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(wikipedia smallpox)Noun
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* variolaDerived terms
* smallpox blanketleprosy
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(wikipedia leprosy)Noun
(leprosies)- The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy .