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 (the virus that causes smallpox) is a member of the orthopoxvirus genus, which also includes viruses that cause cowpox, monkeypox, orf, and molluscum contagiosum. Poxviruses are the largest animal viruses, visible with a light microscope.They are larger than some bacteria and contain double-stranded DNA. Poxviruses are the only viruses that do not need a cell's nucleus to replicate inside the cell. The variola virus is the only known cause of smallpox.The disease affects only humans.hey are larger than some bacteria and contain double-stranded DNA. Poxviruses are the only viruses that do not need a cell's nucleus to replicate inside the cell. The variola virus is the only known cause of smallpox.