► Family includes:
► Smallpox virus (Variola virus)
► Vaccinia virus
► Molluscum contagiosum virus
Smallpox virus
► Small pox is eradicated from the earth.
► Last case in somalia in 1977.
► Eradication possible: Single stable serotype,
No animal reservoir, easy clinical diagnosis,
no subclinical or carrier state.
► Vaccine contains live attenuated vaccinia
virus.
Molluscum contagiosum virus
► Non-enveloped.