Background. Smallpox is an acute, contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus, in the Poxviridae family (see the image below).Virologists have speculated that it evolved from an African rodent poxvirus 10 millennia ago.ackground. Smallpox is an acute, contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus, in the Poxviridae family (see the image below).
Most of the time in Western Australia and the Middle East. There is pure talc in the European Alps and the Himalayas. 4 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: 1  The Five Major Parts of the Brain At its most basic, the brain controls the body. 2  Electrical impulses are sent along the nervous system to and from the brain that regulate all movement.
Talc or talcum is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H 2 Mg 3 (SiO 3) 4 or Mg 3 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2. In loose form, it was one of the most widely used substances known as baby powder, along with corn starch. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, and in an exceptionally rare crystal form.