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Smallpox was an
infectious disease caused by
Variola virus (often
called Smallpox virus),
which belongs to the
genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally...
- The
smallpox vaccine is used to
prevent smallpox infection caused by the
variola virus. It is the
first vaccine to have been
developed against a contagious...
- The
history of
smallpox extends into pre-history.
Genetic evidence suggests that the
smallpox virus emerged 3,000 to 4,000
years ago.
Prior to that, similar...
- The
Smallpox Hospital,
sometimes referred to as the
Renwick Smallpox Hospital and
later the
Maternity and
Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital...
- ghouls, pustules, and diseases, and most
directly linked with the
disease smallpox. ****ala is
worshipped on
Tuesday Saptami and
Ashtami (the
seventh and...
- In 1978, an
outbreak of
smallpox in the
United Kingdom resulted in the
death of
Janet Parker, a
British medical photographer, who
became the last recorded...
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physician and
scientist who
pioneered the
concept of
vaccines and
created the
smallpox vaccine, the world's
first vaccine. The
terms vaccine and
vaccination are...
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Smallpox demon (****anese: 疱瘡神, Hōsōkami) or
smallpox devil is a
demon which was
believed to be
responsible for
causing smallpox in
medieval ****an. In...
- The
smallpox virus retention debate has been
going on
among scientists and
health officials since the
smallpox virus was
declared eradicated by the World...
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Smallpox was a
variable yet
often fatal viral infectious disease. Even with good nursing, it
regularly killed around 30% of
recognised cases.
Though widespread...
