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No- it is an entirely different disease, but both were very devastating to the population when epidemics broke out, killing millions of people.
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∙ 10y agoYes very dangerous!
Smallpox is more deadly than chickenpox. Most people recover completely from chickenpox.
Smallpox is considerably more deadly than chickenpox.
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∙ 8y agono, it is not considered as Plague. Small pox is just a infectious disease.
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∙ 11y agoNope completly different disease group
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What is the most dangerous smallpox Ebola or plague?
Right now, Ebola is. The black death or the plague is caused by a bacteria and can be treated with an antibiotic. Smallpox is also dangerous but can be contained by a vaccine.
What diseases killed the Amerindians?
Smallpox,influenza,bubonic plague,pneumonic plague because they lacked immunity.
Is measles and smallpox the same?
No smallpox more deadly
What disease carried by European explorers and settlers killed up to 50 percent of the Native American population?
Smallpox and other plague like diseases. Also guns
Sickness and medicines in the late 1700's and early 1800's?
Some sickness was smallpox and black plague.
What was a medical condition during Shakespeare's time?
People suffered from a lot of the same medical problems as people do now. In addition there were diseases which have been largely wiped out: plague, smallpox and syphilis were all big problems.
What swept through the Roman Empire killing ten percent of the population in the third century AD?
The plague swept through the Roman empire. Some medical writers now think that this "plague" was smallpox.
Was the black death the same as the plague?
yes black death and the plague are the same things
It is the biggest plague ever as it killed over 15th of London killing a total of around 100000?
Considering Smallpox killed over 300 million (300,000,000) people in the 20th century alone, I think it bests pretty much any other plague in history. So, no, the London Plague is not the biggest plague ever.
What are 3 diseases caused by micro-organisims?
cancer
Why haven't they used biological warfare in the past?
Oh but they did:In the middle ages bodies of plague victims were dumped into enemy's water wells. Also the bodies of plague, smallpox and other disease victims were thrown over city walls with trebuchets and catapults.In American colonial times blankets used by smallpox victims were often given to Indians.
What are some epidemics?
One of the most common epidemics is influenza. Other epidemics include: plague, measles, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, SARS, and meningitis.
