| Desmiphora variola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Desmiphora |
| Species: | D. variola |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmiphora variola Giesbert, 1998 | |
Desmiphora variola is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Giesbert in 1998. It is known from Mexico and Guatemala. [1]
The 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak was the largest outbreak of smallpox in Europe after the Second World War. It was centered in Kosovo, a province of Serbia within Yugoslavia, and the capital city of Belgrade. A Kosovar Albanian Muslim pilgrim had contracted the smallpox virus in the Middle East. Upon returning to his home in Kosovo, he started the epidemic in which 175 people were infected, killing 35. The epidemic was efficiently contained by enforced quarantine and mass vaccination. The 1982 film Variola Vera is based on the event.
Poxviridae is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses. Vertebrates and arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are currently 83 species in this family, divided among 22 genera, which are divided into two subfamilies Chordopoxvirinae and Entomopoxvirinae. Entomopoxvirinae infect insects and Chordopoxvirinae infect vertebrates. Diseases associated with this family include smallpox.
The yellow-edged lyretail also known as the yellowedge coronation trout, fairy cod, lunar tail rock cod, lunartailed cod, lyre-tail cod or moontail seabass,, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region and is more common than the congeneric white-edged lyretail.
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The smallpox virus retention debate has been going on among scientists and health officials since the smallpox virus was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1980. The debate centers on whether the last two known remnants of the Variola virus known to cause smallpox, which are kept in tightly controlled government laboratories in the United States and Russia, should be finally and irreversibly destroyed. Advocates of final destruction maintain that there is no longer any valid rationale for retaining the samples, which pose the hazard of escaping the laboratories, while opponents of destruction maintain that the samples may still be of value to scientific research, especially since variants of the smallpox virus may still exist in the natural world and thus present the possibility of the disease re-emerging in the future or being used as a bio-weapon.
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Desmiphora neoflavescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1998. It is known from Brazil.
Desmiphora santossilvai is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2003. It is known from Brazil and French Guiana.
Desmiphora auatinga is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1996. It is known from El Oro: Machala Ecuador.
Desmiphora canescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1874. It is known from Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Desmiphora lineatipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Argentina.
Desmiphora picta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Argentina.
Desmiphora x-signata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Melzer in 1935.
Desmiphora bijuba is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Giesbert in 1998. It is known from Mexico.
Desmiphora maculosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linsley and Chemsak in 1966. It is known from the Galapagos Islands.
Desmiphora travassosi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Mendes in 1938. It is known from Brazil.
The white-edged lyretail, also known as the white-edge coronation trout, lyretail grouper, lyretail trout, white-edged lyretail-cod or white-fringed moontail-bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region but it is an uncommon species.