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The case fatality rate among probable case-patients, excluding those still hospitalized, was 8.
The case fatality rate in these patients is 50 percent.
Smallpox is one of the most feared and potentially devastating of all bioterrorist agents for three reasons: (1) the virus is highly infectious when distributed by aerosol;(2) there is a high case fatality rate associated with infection (30%) and (3) there is great potential for dissemination from person to person, which would amplify the impact of a terrorist event.
 
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