The floating mountains of Pandora are one of features of The World of Avatar, opening May 27 at Disneyâs Animal Kingdom. On the Naâvi River Journey, guests will ride in canoes on a sacred river through a bioluminescent rainforest ending with an encounter with a Naâvi shaman.
1 Types: Variola major, or smallpox, has a death rate of 30%. 2  Variola minor, or alastrim, is a milder form of the virus with a death rate of 1%. 3  Four types of variola exist: classic, hemorrhagic, malignant, and modified.
Variola major is fatal in 30 percent of those infected while Variola minor is fatal in less than 1 percent. Smallpox is a systemic infection, affecting all parts of the body, but is noted for it's profound and often disfiguring effects on the skin and themucosa.nother form of the disease, known as mailgnant smallpox, produces flat lesions, rather than the raised bumps typical of the Variola major and minor. Hemorrhagic smallpox results in significant bleeding within the skin. Both of these forms of the disease are almost always fatal.