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Smallpox
Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal disease caused by the variola virus.
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Is smallpox curable or preventable and how is it?
Smallpox can be prevented in the vast majority of cases with a vaccine. Vaccination can be protective for up to several days after exposure to smallpox. Smallpox has been prevented 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. While some other treatments available in the US today might treat smallpox infection, none have been fully (if at all) tested against smallpox.
Why milkmaid were renowned being pretty?
They were renowned for being pretty because they were immunized against smallpox.
What is an Aboriginal cure for Small Pox?
Small Pox arrived in Australia with white European settlement in 1788. Aboriginals had no knowledge of the disease and therefore had no "cure".
Can mosquitoes spread smallpox?
It is very unlikely that they would carry smallpox. However, I have found that some of the most unlikely things can happen.
Why did the cowpox antibodies prevent people from getting smallpox as well?
Cowpox was a less harmful version of smallpox. So their bodies created antibodies for the cowpox which in turn could kill the smallpox cells.
In what year did the last known case of smallpox occur?
The last known natural case was in Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known cases were caused by a laboratory accident in 1978 in Birmingham, England, which killed one person and caused a limited outbreak. Smallpox was officially declared eradicated in 1979.
This is because the two types of pox are related. Someone exposed to cowpox will develop antibodies to the cowpox. These antibodies will help fight against small pox. This phenomenon was observed by Edward Jenner, who used it to create a smallpox vaccine. (The word "vaccine" is related to the Latin word for "cow".)
What are the release dates for The Small Pox Scare at Gulch Hollow - 1913?
The Small Pox Scare at Gulch Hollow - 1913 was released on:
USA: 17 July 1913
What if you used cowpox to prevent the flu?
It wouldn't work. You must introduce the specific viruses that cause influenza to prevent the flu. Cowpox vaccines would be used for preventing cowpox (or some infections by closely related other poxviruses).
A similar virus to cowpox virus is Vaccinia virus which is the type of pox virus that was used to produce the vaccines originally developed and used to prevent smallpox. Smallpox is now eradicated from the wild thanks to worldwide use of smallpox vaccines made from Vaccinia.
Despite its name, cowpox virus does not infect cows, it infects mice, rats and other rodents.
How was smallpox cured during the civil war?
There was no cure for small pox, and there still isn't. If you got it, you either lived through it, after which you were immune to it, or you died.
What they could do was vaccinate, or inoculate people against the disease. The same principal was used as is used today when small children are given their vaccinations. You expose the person to a weak form of the disease, which allows the body to build an immunity against the disease, without having to endure the full course of the disease.
One way they did this was to take scabs off the sores of a person with small pox, slice them up into tiny bits, and make a little cut on the skin of the person to be vaccinated, and put one of the tiny bits of small pox scab in the cut. Like all vaccinations, there is a risk of acquiring a full-blown case of the disease, but if the vaccinated person was lucky he would just be achy and feverish for a few days, and afterward would be immune to small pox.
Why are smallpox more popular in other countries than in the US?
Smallpox is a disease, and is not "popular" anywhere.
What is the micro-organism that caused smallpox?
What is a micro-organism?
A micro-organism is a single celled living thing that grows inside,outside and on our bodies without them we could not survive on earth.There are also good and bad microorganisms so that carry diseases and some that help us digest our food.
Who developed the smallpox vaccine?
The first known cases of smallpox go back to 1350 BC and the disease has been known for a very long time. Dr. Campbell identified how smallpox is spread. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine in 1796.
See the Web Links to the left for more information about the history of smallpox.
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