- CDC: Smallpox
- Guide including an overview of the disease and the smallpox vaccine plus special topics for health care professionals. - Center for Biosecurity
- Analysis, research, and recommendations to improve national policy and practice related to bioterrorism, biodefense, and public health emergencies. From UPMC. - eMedicine.com: Smallpox
- Background article describing the history of the illness, its symptoms, differentials, medications, and care. - Immunoweb: Variola
- Overview of the smallpox virus and the disease it causes, including history of early vaccination efforts and the 20th Century eradication campaign. - MedlinePlus: Smallpox
- News, facts, pictures, and links relating to the disease. - Smallpox
- Offers links to documents for the public and health professionals. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. - Smallpox (Variola)
- Fact sheet on the infectious disease from the Utah Department of Health. - Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
- 1999 article considering the measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals following the use of smallpox as a biological weapon against civilians. - Smallpox: The Triumph Over the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death
- Article from the Annals of Internal Medicine. - WHO: Smallpox
- Includes a fact sheet, research information, and FAQ about the disease officially declared eradicated in 1979.
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