Assertion: variola virus | /r/CapableOf | date to 16th cent
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text: The disease had been believed to date from the time of ancient Egypt or before, on the basis of pockmarks found on ancient mummies, but a genetic study published in 2016 suggested that that the smallpox virus, or at least the form of it that produces deadly epidemic disease, may only date to the 16th cent.