Question

What type of pathogen is smallpox?

Answer 1

Smallpox:

1. Smallpox was a contagious and deadly disease caused by a variola virus.
2. It is also known as the red plague, variola vera, etc.
3. It was an infectious disease. The pathogens get transmitted from one person to another.
4. The earlier symptoms of smallpox were fever, severe cold, skin rash, muscle pain, etc.

Hence, the pathogen in smallpox is infectious and viral in nature.