Janet Parker, a British medical photographer, died of smallpox in 1978, ten months after the disease was eradicated in the wild, when a researcher at the laboratory Parker worked at accidentally released some virus into the air of the building. She is believed to be the last smallpox fatality in history.
about 10,000 BC
Smallpox was last seen in October 1977.
Smallpox is still alive, just not dangerous and it is under control. There is no real cure for it.
The Last Victim was created in 1999.
In the 1960's
On an island of of europe
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.
in 15th century the term small pox is used in Europe .but the last naturally occurring case of smallpox was diagnosed on 26 October 1977.
The 30 year old man was the victim of a gruesome murder.
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.
Smallpox is a disease that has been successfully eradicated - the last naturally occurring case of smallpox occurred in Somalia in 1977. With recent world events and the biological warfare threat, this conquered disease has again risen to the forefront of public health. Smallpox is a highly contagious skin disease that can result in death.
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.