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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.
When did they stop giving smallpox vaccine in Canada?
In Canada, routine smallpox vaccination was halted in 1972 following the World Health Organization's successful global eradication campaign, which declared smallpox eradicated in 1980. Vaccination was primarily administered to specific high-risk groups, such as healthcare workers and laboratory personnel, until 1980. After that, the vaccine was no longer part of the standard immunization schedule for the general population.
Why do we no longer vaccinate for smallpox?
Through vaccination, smallpox was wiped out by the 1970s. Today it exists only preserved in a few labs. The likelihood of somehow coming into contact with the disease is now so low, the vaccine would be much more likely to hurt you than the disease is.
What did the smallpox vaccine do?
Edward Jenner discovered that farmers who had caught cowpox did not suffer from smallpox. He then started injecting people with small doses of cowpox and he observed that they did not catch smallpox. He had created a vaccination for smallpox. :D
What is the term used when a disease no longer exist?
The term used when a disease no longer exists is "eradication." This occurs when there are no longer any cases of the disease in the human population and it is no longer present in the environment. A well-known example of eradication is smallpox, which was declared eradicated in 1980 following a successful global vaccination campaign.
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 country is smallpox most common?
Smallpox was a highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus, but it has been eradicated since 1980 due to a successful global vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization. Therefore, there are no countries where smallpox is currently common, as the disease no longer exists in the natural environment. The only known samples of the virus are kept in secure laboratories in the United States and Russia for research purposes.
How smallpox effect the body?
Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease. There is no specific treatment for smallpox disease, and the only prevention is vaccination. The name smallpox is derived from the Latin word for "spotted" and refers to the raised bumps that appear on the face and body of an infected person. There are two clinical forms of smallpox. Variola major is the severe and most common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever. There are four types of variola major smallpox: ordinary (the most frequent type, accounting for 90% or more of cases); modified (mild and occurring in previously vaccinated persons); flat; and hemorrhagic (both rare and very severe). Historically, variola major has an overall fatality rate of about 30%; however, flat and hemorrhagic smallpox usually are fatal. Variola minor is a less common presentation of smallpox, and a much less severe disease, with death rates historically of 1% or less. Smallpox outbreaks have occurred from time to time for thousands of years, but the disease is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program. The last case of smallpox in the United States was in 1949. The last naturally occurring case in the world was in Somalia in 1977. After the disease was eliminated from the world, routine vaccination against smallpox among the general public was stopped because it was no longer necessary for prevention.
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.
How many people died from smallpox from 2000-2008?
none, the disease no longer exists naturaly none, the disease no longer exists naturaly
What are three diseases that vaccine can protect you from?
Chickenpox, Hepattitis C, and influenza (flu) and also aids. CREDIT TO: 7TH GRADE SCIENCE EXPLORER PRENTICE HALL <><><><> Sorry, there IS no vaccine for AIDS. There are vaccines for many diseases, including tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, polio, cholera, influenza and Hepatitis B. The disease of smallpox has been eradicated by vaccination, and no longer is found outside of the laboratory.
What state in the US has had the most outbrakes of smallpox?
There has not been a case of smallpox in the United States since 1949, except for a limited number of laboratory acquired cases. This disease is no longer a threat. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that smallpox was wiped out . In case the disease is used in a biological attack, public health officials have a rapid response plan and will vaccinate those at risk. Vaccinations are not recommended at present, but the vaccine is in storage in case it is needed.
