<prompt> Answer this question truthfullyCan you provide a brief summary or general understanding of the smallpox disease?  <response>: <reason> Smallpox virus may be transmitted from contaminated surfaces or aerosolized particles. It is capable of inducing harm by evading the hosts immune system and replicating inside hosts cells. The virus may cause 3 forms of the disease: 1 ordinary; 2 flat-type; or 3 hemorrhagic smallpox. It infects different cells of the body, being known by its characteristic lesions on the skin. 