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Smallpox was eradicated through the effective Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme, initiated by the World Health Organization. On 26 July 1978, WHO announced the eradication of the smallpox strain Variola Minor. The more deadly strain, Variola Major, had been eradicated several years earlier, in 1975. There remains a stockpile of the virus in storage in 600 frozen vials in Atlanta and Russia. This has been deemed necessary, in case further vaccines are required in the future. This stockpile was supposed to be destroyed on 31 December 1993, but on 23 December 1993, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia reversed their decision, announcing that the remaining virus stockpile would not be destroyed, so as to enable scientists to continue studying the disease.
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Is it possible to get Smallpox today?
It is extremly unlikely given that the disease has been all but eradicated with the exception of a few strains kept in isolation in the United States and Russia.
Who eradicated the gupta dynasty?
the huns
What microbe causes smallpox?
Smallpox is caused by the variola major virus
What did the smallpox vaccine do?
Edward Jenner discovered that farmers who had caught cowpox did not suffer from smallpox. He then started injecting people with small doses of cowpox and he observed that they did not catch smallpox. He had created a vaccination for smallpox. :D
Did Edward Jenner get smallpox?
No
The only disease to be eradicated worldwide was?
diseases eradication is very difficult but pox (variole in french) has been eradicated
How serious is smallpox?
smallpox i so fatal you would notsurvive it. it has been eradicated in great Britain
Are mumps eradicated?
No, the only infectious disease to have been completely eradicated by a coordinated vaccination program is smallpox.
How cure smallpoks?
Smallpox? It was cured/eradicated by mass vaccination.
How many people contract smallpox a year?
Smallpox was eradicated by 1980 due to the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign, so none.
How are chicken and smallpox different?
chicken pox are mostly on the chest and face and smallpox's are mostly on the face and legs. smallpox is considered eradicated and chickenpox is not.
Name a disease that has been eradicated worldwide because of immunisation programmes?
Smallpox
How many people died from smallpox from 2000-2008?
none, the disease no longer exists naturaly none, the disease no longer exists naturaly
What is a few diseases eradicated by vaccines?
Measles, mulmps, rubella (MMR vaccine), smallpox, and polio have all been virtually eradicated by consistent vaccine use.
Is the last man to have smallpox still alive?
Smallpox is still alive, just not dangerous and it is under control. There is no real cure for it.
What medical condition has killed the most people in the world?
Although it is now eradicated I believe it was smallpox.
What is eradicate?
Eradicate means to eliminate or destroy. It is usually used in the context of pests or diseases; we eradicated smallpox.
