Smallpox

For information on Smallpox Vaccination, see the Smallpox Vaccination Page.

Websites

• Smallpox (CDC)
• Bioterrorism: Smallpox (CIDRAP)
• Smallpox Information (AAD)
  

Fact Sheets and Q & As

• Smallpox Overview (CDC)
• What You Should Know About a Smallpox Outbreak (CDC)
• Quick Reference Guide: Smallpox (NRT)
• Smallpox (CFSPH)

Review/Summary Information

• Smallpox Overview for Clinicians (CDC)
  
• Smallpox: Medical Management (CDC)
• Smallpox: Comprehensive Medical Summary (CIDRAP/IDSA)
• Smallpox (USAMRIID's Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook)
  (See pages 85-93)
• Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare: Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviruses (Office of the Surgeon General, Dept of the Army)
  
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book): Smallpox (CDC)
  
• Diagnosis and Management of Smallpox (NEJM)
• Smallpox as a Biological Weapon (JAMA)
• Smallpox and Its Eradication (WHO)

Smallpox Diagnostic Information

• Smallpox: Diagnosis/Evaluation (CDC)
• Acute, Generalized Vesicular or Pustular Rash Illness Testing Protocol (CDC)
• Evaluate a Rash Illness Suspicious for Smallpox (CDC)
• Poster: Evaluating Patients for Smallpox (CDC)
• Smallpox: Images (CDC)
• Visual Diagnosis for Category A Agents (Logical Images)
• Evaluating the Patient With Acute Rash Illness and Determining the Risk of Smallpox (CDC)
• Worksheet: Evaluating Patients for Smallpox (CDC)
• Smallpox Case Definition (CDC)
• Smallpox and its Mimics (ACP/ASIM)

Laboratory Specimens

• Smallpox: Specimen Collection Guidelines (DHSS)
• Smallpox: Laboratory Testing (CDC)
• Acute, Generalized Vesicular or Pustular Rash Illness Testing Protocol (CDC)

Infection Control

• Isolation/Infection Control Guidelines Table (CSB)
• Smallpox: Infection Control (CDC)
• Environmental Infection Control and Decontamination Guidelines (CDC)

Public Health Response

• What You Should Know About a Smallpox Outbreak (CDC)
• Smallpox Resources for Health Officials (CDC)
  
• Information for People Selected for Smallpox Response Teams (CDC)
• Smallpox (DHSS)
• Smallpox: Surveillance and Investigation (CDC)
• Smallpox: Response (CDC)
• Smallpox: Preparation and Planning (CDC)
• Communicating in the First Hours: Smallpox (CDC)

CDC Smallpox Response Plan

• Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines (CDC)

Training Opportunities and Materials

• Smallpox: Training (CDC)
• Diagnosis of Smallpox (WHO)
• PowerPoint Lecture on Smallpox (ACP)

Non-Variola Orthopoxviruses

• Monkeypox (CDC)
• Monkeypox (CIDRAP)
• Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare: Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviruses (Office of the Surgeon General, Dept of the Army)