51.   The infected person would have to be quarantined in a special room with air locks to keep the virus from escaping.

52.   The legislation also appears to allow government health workers to contact spouses and known sexual partners without the consent of the infected person.

53.   The notifications are to be done in person, with the identity of the infected person who exposed them never to be disclosed.

54.   The principal means of control for that type is prophylactic antibiotic treatment of people who might come in close contact with an infected person.

55.   The second is direct contact with an infected person, such as handshaking, and the third is touching items someone ill has touched, including doorknobs and desks.

56.   The smallpox vaccine not only protects against infection, but if administered early it can help an infected person fight off the virus.

57.   The smallpox virus is released into the air when an infected person sneezes or coughs.

58.   The virus usually is passed from an infected person, who may not know he or she has anything more than a cold.

59.   The virus is spread by household or sexual contact with an infected person or by eating contaminated food or by drinking contaminated water.

60.   They say it is transmitted only through close physical contact with an infected person, usually through nose or throat secretions or through infected skin lesions.