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No cure, it is viral. However vaccination has eliminated it.
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How did edward Jenner cure smallpox?
he used a weaker version of the virus called cow pox to prevent small pox -Jeff Spearman
What microbe causes smallpox?
Smallpox is caused by the variola major virus
Where did smallpox come from?
The smallpox virus is said to have emerged about 10 thousand years BC. The virus' genes suggest that it was once a rodent virus that made its trans-species jump into humans in one of the early agricultural river valleys. Smallpox is thought to have rooted itself early in people living in the river valleys of China. The first clear description of smallpox (by the great Chinese medical doctor Ko Hung) appeared in a Chinese medical text in the fourth century AD. The disease had such a profound effect on human culture that there were deities created in its honor. The Chinese worshiped a goddess of smallpox named T'ou Shen Niang-Niang, who could cure the disease. Like the Chinese with their smallpox goddess, the Hindu religion also has a goddess of smallpox, named Shitala Ma. Mankind has dealt with smallpox throughout our historical record, affecting populations around the globe. The role of this one disease in mankind's history is profound. World history could have been greatly changed had smallpox not been a part of it. Smallpox decimated the Ethiopian soldiers in the Elephant war in Mecca 568 AD. Introduced by slaves carried by Spanish explorers in 1502, smallpox swept through the native populations of the Western Hemisphere, exacting a heavy toll on Amerindian tribes and resulted in the collapse of both the Aztec and Incan empires, enabling European colonization. In 1738, smallpox killed half the Cherokee Indian population. At the end of the 18th century in Europe, an estimated 400 thousand people were dying annually from smallpox.
What did the smallpox vaccine do?
Edward Jenner discovered that farmers who had caught cowpox did not suffer from smallpox. He then started injecting people with small doses of cowpox and he observed that they did not catch smallpox. He had created a vaccination for smallpox. :D
Did Edward Jenner get smallpox?
No
What cure smallpox?
A vaccination.
Why has smallpox been eradicated but not AIDS?
Because the cure for smallpox has been discovered, but the cure for AIDS has not been discovered
What are the cures for smallpox?
The cure for smallpox is cowpox. Cowpox is a mild version of smallpox and is usually not fatal. The smallpox vaccine contains cowpox.
What did Bernard Mills discover?
He discoverd that the cure for smallpox
When did Edward Jenner get smallpox?
he didn't get it but he did cure it in 1796
What desease was Edward Jenner interested in?
He discovered a cure for smallpox.
How cure smallpoks?
Smallpox? It was cured/eradicated by mass vaccination.
What was used to cure smallpox before this invention?
nothing, people died
Is the last man to have smallpox still alive?
Smallpox is still alive, just not dangerous and it is under control. There is no real cure for it.
WHO DISCOVERED THE SMALLPOX CURE?
it was edward Jenner
What particularly important achievement did Edward Jenner make?
He had discovered a cure for SMALLPOX which was called Smallpox vaccine... had tested the vaccination on a person called James Phipps .
What remedy is there for smallpox?
Smallpox has been eradicated because of very successful vaccination practices. Aside from the vaccine, there is no real "cure" for smallpox, although the administration of the vaccine within 3 days of infection greatly reduces the symptoms shown.
