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In the 20th century alone between 500 and 800 million people died of smallpox. That is why smallpox was eliminated.
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Cure for smallpox?
No cure, it is viral. However vaccination has eliminated it.
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.
If smallpox has been eliminated worldwide then why do they continue to cause 10's of millions of deaths?
Smallpox does not cause any deaths. Other preventable diseases cause deaths.
What are the laws regarding reporting a person with smallpox in Tennessee?
How do you know it is smallpox? That disease has been eliminated for years. Check with your local health department or state health dept. Do not accuse anybody until you know it is really smallpox or you can get sued for a lot of things.
Where in the world would you find Smallpox?
After the eradication of smallpox, the last samples of smallpox were kept for academic research in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US and State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Russia. Both these institutions are under heavy guard to avoid the possibility of the theft of the samples for biological warfare.
How did technology help treat smallpox?
Technology helped Smallpox because they invented the needle to cure it with, at least that's what my primary school teacher taught me!! Yeah i think they did invent the needle because a young boy was tried out with it first to see if it would work.
What common victims that small pox preys upon?
Anyone and everyone who comes into contact with smallpox is at risk unless they have immunity to the illness. The good news is that smallpox has virtually been eliminated due to widespread use of vaccinations. Vaccinations worked so well that they are no longer needed.
How can people get small pox?
These days, smallpox exists only in a few dedicated research laboratories in the United States and Russia, and a couple of other places. "In the wild", smallpox is extinct, the first major worldwide disease to be eliminated. Before about 1900, smallpox could be easily transmitted by casual contact; breathing the same air, sharing the same blankets, or by touch. It was wildly virulent and quite deadly to its victims. In pre-1400s Europe, smallpox was a serious disease, but most people had developed at least a little resistance because of repeated contact. When Europeans began to travel the world, smallpox traveled with them. Smallpox had never existed in the Americas or in much of Asia, and the arrival of smallpox was deadly to large numbers of people, who had no resistance to it.
Identify the potentail bilogical warfare agent that is a virus?
Smallpox smallpox smallpox
What is the Alias for smallpox?
its smallpox
Are you able to get smallpox today?
no it is rare to get smallpox. although it is still possible to get smallpox
What are the cures for smallpox?
The cure for smallpox is cowpox. Cowpox is a mild version of smallpox and is usually not fatal. The smallpox vaccine contains cowpox.
