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Smallpox can the disease be avoided?
Yes. Easily. Smallpox is not a disease currently afflicting people. It only exists in labs where it is studied.
Has people ever survived smallpox?
Only over 100,000 people world wide has ever survived smallpox from 1942 to 2007.
Do animals get smallpox?
The reason we were able to "erradicate" (said that way because we have stores in labs) smallpox was because the human serotype is only able to affect humans. The smallpox vaccine is made from cowpox, which is similar enough to smallpox to provide immunity, but cannot infect us.
The only disease to be eradicated worldwide was?
diseases eradication is very difficult but pox (variole in french) has been eradicated
What do diseases like smallpox have to do with exploration?
Because you only live once
Is smallpox a DNA virus or an RNA virus?
Smallpox contains DNASmallpox is a virus, and therefore, can only have RNA or DNA. In the case of smallpox, it contains DNA. Viruses require a host to supply them with either RNA or DNA in order that more virus entities can be made.DNA
What year did Edward Jenner discover germs?
Edward Jenner did not discover germs, he developed vaccination for smallpox (using cowpox pustules) which was much safer than the inoculation for smallpox (using smallpox pustules) then in use. However he had no idea what actually caused smallpox, only that it was something invisible in the pus from the pustules.
What are some extinct diseases?
Rinderpest and Smallpox are the only two in history to be considered fully wiped out, although there are some samples of the Smallpox virus being stored in a lab.
What is the Alias for smallpox?
its smallpox
Why do you think they made the vaccination against smallpox non-compulsory?
Smallpox was one of the first sucess-stories of vaccinations. So many people had the vaccine that Smallpox mostly died out. It is now only found in laboratories, and maybe in some poorer countries.
Is there a scapegoat for smallpox?
There is no known scapegoat for the disease smallpox, but it can be vaccinated with the pus from the 'spots' caused by the similar infection known as cowpox. As a result, smallpox was the first disease to have been permanently wiped off the face of the earth, and it is so far the only one.
Are you able to get smallpox today?
no it is rare to get smallpox. although it is still possible to get smallpox
