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Chickenpox can kill you but it is rare.
Before chickenpox vaccine became common in the US, 100 to 150 people died each year from chickenpox. Most of these were healthy adults. Since chickenpox vaccine became more common, Rates of chickenpox deaths are down by over 95% in patients under 50, and been halved in older adults.
People at highest risk for complications from chickenpox are babies, teenagers, and adults; pregnant women; and people with lower immune response, such as those with HIV, those who had organ transplants, or people on chemotherapy or long-term steroids.
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What was the unforeseen enemy that kill many Aztecs?
Small pox and other European diseases
Is small pox a non-infectious disease?
Small pox is a contagious disease.
Who do you get small pox?
by sharing a drink with somebody that has small pox
Can humans catch squirrel pox?
No, they can't, it's called squirrel pox not human pox or small pox.
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.
What is the significance of Jenners discovery?
he created a vaccination for small pox
In 1979 Small pox was declared eradicated by WHO?
In 1979 Small pox was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization.
Which disease has been fully eradicated from the world?
Small pox no longer exists any where in the world.
1. In 1979 Small pox was declared eradicated by WHO?
In 1979 Small pox was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization.
Who was the person that started vaccination?
Edward Jenner. He was testing cow pox (nonfatal) and small pox (fatal). He noticed that whoever had one never had the other, and some had neither. He put both into a boy, and then the boy was not affected by the small pox. Vaccine comes from vaccinia (lation) for "of the cow" because the cow pox stopped the small pox from working.
How did the Incas end?
Small pox
What is Variola known as?
Small Pox
