How did smallpox get to America and where did it come from?

Answer 1

There really is not true answer to that but some scientist and researchers say that it could be past from anything. For example a rat, or a mosquito,and even by clothes of one who was infected.

Answer 2

Smallpox is a highly contagious disease that is spread by close proximity. In the ages before Mass Communication, the disease was often rampant in cities because people had to interact more closely.

Answer 3

The exact orgin of where smallpox originates is very unclear. Lots of research so that it first came from Africa and then spread to India and China.

It was about 10,000 years ago. The first noted case of smallpox came from Egypt and from an Egyptian Pharaoh named Ramses V in 1350 B.C. Researches found scars on the mummified Ramses V that they believe are smallpox.

The first clear description of smallpox was recorded by a Chinese medic by the name of Ko Hung.

Answer 4

smallpox most likely came from Europe when christopher Columbus first came over it is spread from person to person and killed many

Answer 5

Smallpox is not transmitted from insects or animals. There are diseases that are similar in nature to smallpox that animals can get, like cowpox.

Answer 6

the Spanish in the 16th century after trying to defeat the Aztecs