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.
The last naturally occurring case of smallpox (Variola minor) was diagnosed on 26 October 1977. Infection with smallpox is focused in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat before disseminating. In the skin it results in a characteristic maculopapular rash and, later, raised fluid-filled blisters.V. major produced a more serious disease and had an overall mortality rate of 30â35 percent.n the United States and South Africa a much milder form of smallpox, variola minor, was recognized just before the close of the 19th century. By the mid-20th century variola minor occurred along with variola major, in varying proportions, in many parts of Africa.