Species that are extinct or are on the verge of extinction
Smallpox virus
© Robert Alain, SME, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier
Microorganism: Smallpox virus (orthopoxvirus)
Disease: Smallpox
Date of eradication: Declared eradicated in 1978 (virus conserved in certain laboratories)
Estimated date of destruction of the last samples: –