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SMALL POX |
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Date-wise Events |
- 1967: World Health
Organization (WHO) estimated that 15 million people
contracted the disease and that two million died in that
year.
- July 05, 1975 - Eradicated from India,
as declared on this day by the WHO.
- October 26, 1977: The last naturally occurring case of smallpox (Variola
minor) was diagnosed on this day.
- 1979: After vaccination campaigns throughout
the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the
global eradication of smallpox
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Description |
- Smallpox was an infectious disease
caused by either of two virus variants, Variola
major and Variola minor.
- In the skin it results in a characteristic maculopapular
rash and, later, raised fluid-filled blisters.
- The disease was originally known in English as the "pox"
or "red plague".
- The term "smallpox" was first used in
Britain in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the
"great pox" (syphilis).
- Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human
populations about 10,000 BC.
- The disease killed an estimated 400,000
Europeans annually during the closing years of the
18th century, and was responsible for a third of all
blindness.
- It was responsible for an estimated 300–500
million deaths during the 20th century.
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