{"id":12337,"date":"2020-03-05T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T07:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=12337"},"modified":"2021-01-13T07:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T07:51:18","slug":"variola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/variola\/","title":{"rendered":"Variola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Variola.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-75234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Variola-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Or smallpox, a contagious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. 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