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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.
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Why is smallpox called smallpox if they are big boils?
Small pox and chicken pox are to different things! Please do not confuse them, chicken pox are a minor virous that people today get. Small pox on the other hand is a very dangerous thing that may led to death if not treated. It's not as dangerous and does not effect people like it did...but they are not the same thing i think that's a joke or somethin. no body calls small pox chicken pox
Is small pox a non-infectious disease?
Small pox is a contagious disease.
What illness did europeans spread to native Americans?
they spread small pox by giving blankets originally owned by people who had small pox to the Native Americans
Who do you get small pox?
by sharing a drink with somebody that has small pox
What illnesses did the aboriginal people get once the white arrived?
small pox
What type of dinosaur did Edward Jenner discover?
he didnt find a dinosaur he figured out that people who had cow pox were immune to small pox. after this people discovered vaccinations.
What was the disease that spread from Asia to Europe killing millions of people?
small pox
What did the Spanish bring to the Americas that killed many Inca people?
small pox...
Can humans catch squirrel pox?
No, they can't, it's called squirrel pox not human pox or small pox.
What did people observe which led them to use vaccination?
They noticed that women who milked cows didn't usually get small pox. The saying was "she has the beautiful skin of a milk maid". They had gotten infected with cow pox. This is closely related to small pox and it will give protection.
Why did James phipps not catch smallpox?
The cow pox germs got in the way of the small pox germs, so he didn't get small pox.
Who discovered the vaccine for smallbox?
Viruses have been used since the time of Edward Jenner in vaccines. Jenner used cow pox viruses to inoculate people against small pox infection. There was great fears about his methods. Some people thought that cows might grow out of their arms. He never used the small pox itself but 'scabs' from cow pox lesions.
