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Smallpox had a far more devastating effect in the New World, where it occurred as epidemics. The first recorded smallpox outbreak in Latin America occurred in 1507, when Spanish explorers brought the disease to Hispaniola. The natives lacked immunity to smallpox and entire tribes were extinguished. The population of Hispaniola, estimated to be 300,000 in 1492, had reportedly decreased to less than a 1,000 by 1541. 4 During the following decades Spaniards were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas, who, despite their large armies, sooner or later succumbed to smallpox. Historians cite from 2 to 15 million Aztec deaths due to smallpox.5Smallpox moved northward from Mexico and westward from the eastern populations of the United States and Canada.4 By the mid-1800s, smallpox had decimated many Native American tribes from United States, Canada, and Alaska.
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Who first got smallpox?
No one knows who first got smallpox.
How did the first nations catch smallpox?
they caught it by high fevers and blisters, and when they traded with the British.
Who was James Phipps?
James Phipps was an Englishman who became the first person to be inoculated with the smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner in 1796. This successful experiment laid the foundation for modern vaccination practices.
How did smallpox survive through history?
Edward Jenner made a vaccination out of pus from one of the blisters of a person with smallpox
How can a person get smallpox?
Smallpox was spread by inhaling the airborne virus, by direct contact with infected persons, and in some cases, by the virus being on bedding. After a program of vaccinations, the World Health Organization has announced that smallpox has been eliminated- first disease ever eliminated. Nobody gets it now. Roosters and chickens do not carry smallpox- it was a humans only disease.
Was smallpox on the first fleet?
Smallpox was on the First Fleet in the form of bottles of dried innoculation materials. Such material was used to protect people against smallpox before Jenner's vaccination became available. No case of active smallpox disease was reported during the First Fleet voyage. However a seamen from the First Fleet caught smallpox (from local natives) over a year after arrival at Sydney Cove.
Is smallpox hereditary or contrated from another person?
yes.
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.
What virus was first vaccinated for?
smallpox was the first virus that was vaccinated for
How is smallpox passed to one person to another?
One can be infected by smallpox if a victum of smallpox has coughed in the air. They can be infected by smallpox by exposing an opened wound. You can become infected if you breath the air that is shared by someone that has smallpox. Its passed many different ways. One can be infected by smallpox if a victum of smallpox has coughed in the air. They can be infected by smallpox by exposing an opened wound. You can become infected if you breath the air that is shared by someone that has smallpox. Its passed many different ways.
What was the first vaccine made?
polio
Is smallpox contagious?
Yes. Smallpox spreads by airborne contamination, meaning that people became infected by inhaling droplets exhaled by an infected person. Fortunately, smallpox has now been successfully eradicated since 1979, and was the first disease for which a vaccine was developed (by Edward Jenner in the 1700s). You are at no risk of catching it.
