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smallpox i so fatal you would notsurvive it. it has been eradicated in Great Britain
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What serious illnesses were there in the 1700's?
the black plauge and the smallpox
Why could the release of smallpox virus cause serious problems?
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Identify the potentail bilogical warfare agent that is a virus?
Smallpox smallpox smallpox
How do you stop smallpox?
A man noticed how milkmaids did not get affected by smallpox, so they assumed that it was something to do with cows or milk that stopped them catching smallpox. I turns out that it was a similair, but less deadly, virus called cowpox that was preventing milkmaids getting smallpox. Cowpox was a vaccine against smallpox - meaning if you have had cowpox, you can't get smallpox.
What is the Alias for smallpox?
its smallpox
Why was Jenner's vaccine superior than other methods for conferring resistance to smallpox?
Jenner's method of using cowpox infection to confer immunity to smallpox was superior to earlier methods because it carried a significantly lowered risk of serious disease. The earlier method of using material from lesions of smallpox victims conferred immunity but at the risk of acquiring the potentially lethal disease.
Are you able to get smallpox today?
no it is rare to get smallpox. although it is still possible to get smallpox
What is the difference between cowpox and smallpox?
SmallpoxVery serious and contagious disease coming from virusesCowpoxEruptive skin disease that's contracted from direct contact with an ulcer on the teat of a cow
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.
How can people get small pox?
These days, smallpox exists only in a few dedicated research laboratories in the United States and Russia, and a couple of other places. "In the wild", smallpox is extinct, the first major worldwide disease to be eliminated. Before about 1900, smallpox could be easily transmitted by casual contact; breathing the same air, sharing the same blankets, or by touch. It was wildly virulent and quite deadly to its victims. In pre-1400s Europe, smallpox was a serious disease, but most people had developed at least a little resistance because of repeated contact. When Europeans began to travel the world, smallpox traveled with them. Smallpox had never existed in the Americas or in much of Asia, and the arrival of smallpox was deadly to large numbers of people, who had no resistance to it.
Is smallpox virus or bacteria?
Smallpox was a virus.
What is a sentence with the word smallpox?
An example sentence with the word "smallpox" is: My sister was diagnosed with smallpox when she was three.
