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How can smallpoxs be caught?
You cannot contract smallpox. Smallpox was eradicated and is no longer a threat to human health. The last few known test strains were deemed to be no longer useful and the samples were destroyed.
Can smallpox kill children?
Smallpox no longer exists, due to an extensive vaccination campaign. The last case of smallpox was in 1977. Thanks to the eradication campaign, it longer serves any threat. Before eradication, it killed millions of people every year, including countless children.
How many Americans were infected with smallpox in 1793?
In 1793, an estimated 130,000 Americans were infected with smallpox. This outbreak primarily affected Philadelphia, which was experiencing a yellow fever epidemic at the same time. The smallpox epidemic highlighted the challenges of disease management and vaccination efforts in the early United States. Smallpox remained a significant public health threat until the development of a vaccine later in the 19th century.
A disease to which native americans had no resistance?
smallpox
What were the affects of disease on native Americans?
smallpox
What disease was a major threat in Shakespeare's era?
Cholera, typhoid, smallpox and syphilis
What disease killed millions of native americans?
smallpox
What sickness inflicted the native Americans by Europeans?
smallpox
What did diseases as smallpox result in?
a decrease in native americans
What disease did Native Americans contract?
Mostly smallpox
What did the europeans bring to the Americans?
smallpox and other diseases
Did many native Americans die of smallpox before spanish colonies established?
Before Columbus smallpox did not exist among native Americans. As a result, they had no immunity it and it decimated their population.
