Documentary on Small Pox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.[1] The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, derived from varius ("spotted") or varus ("pimple"). The disease was originally known in English as the "pox" or "red plague"; the term "smallpox" was first used in Britain in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the "great pox" (syphilis). The last naturally occurring case of smallpox (Variola minor) was diagnosed on 26 October 1977. Smallpox was localized in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat. In the skin it resulted in a characteristic maculopapular rash and, later, raised fluid-filled blisters. V. major produced a more serious disease and had an overall mortality rate of 30–35%. V. minor caused a milder form of disease (also known as alastrim, cottonpox, milkpox, whitepox, and Cuban itch) which killed about 1% of its victims. Long-term complications of V. major infection included characteristic scars, commonly on the face, which occur in 65–85% of survivors. Blindness resulting from corneal ulceration and scarring, and limb deformities due to arthritis and osteomyelitis were less common complications, seen in about 2–5% of cases. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about 10,000 BC. The earliest physical evidence of it is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of Pharaoh Ramses V of Egypt.[9] The disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans annually during the closing years of the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs), and was responsible for a third of all blindness. Of all those infected, 20–60%—and over 80% of infected children—died from the disease. Smallpox was responsible for an estimated 300–500 million deaths during the 20th century. As recently as 1967, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 15 million people contracted the disease and that two million died in that year. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in 1979. Smallpox is one of two infectious diseases to have been eradicated, the other being rinderpest, which was declared eradicated in 2011. Tags: smallpox,smallpox vaccine,smallpox blankets,smallpox symptoms,smallpox vaccine scar,smallpox history,smallpox pictures,smallpox images,smallpox eradication,smallpox transmission,smallpox vaccine,smallpox blankets,smallpox transmission,smallpox mode of transmission,smallpox symptoms,smallpox vaccine scar,smallpox facts,smallpox history,smallpox apush,smallpox virus,smallpox apush,smallpox airborne,smallpox and ebola,smallpox article,smallpox and its eradication,smallpox africa,smallpox aztec,smallpox at valley forge,smallpox ati,smallpox and cowpox,smallpox a virus or bacteria,smallpox a virus,smallpox a great and terrible scourge,smallpox a potential agent of bioterrorism,smallpox a history,smallpox a biological weapon,smallpox a zoonotic disease,smallpox a history kotar,getting a smallpox vaccine,is a smallpox vaccine still given,smallpox blankets,smallpox bioterrorism,smallpox bioweapon,smallpox blankets snopes,smallpox bacteria,smallpox bob,smallpox blankets native american,smallpox blankets myth,smallpox book,smallpox blankets true or false,b/w smallpox,b/g smallpox,b/w smallpox standard,b/g smallpox modern,b/r smallpox,smallpox cdc,smallpox cure,smallpox cases,smallpox causes,smallpox cases 2013,smallpox champion,smallpox cases 2014,smallpox cowpox,smallpox contagious,smallpox champion lyrics,smallpox death toll,smallpox definition,smallpox death rate,smallpox description,smallpox diagnosis,smallpox documentary,smallpox definition apush,smallpox deadwood,smallpox deaths total,smallpox disfigurement,d a henderson smallpox,smallpox eradication,smallpox epidemic,smallpox eradication programme,smallpox effects,smallpox eradication date,smallpox epidemiology,smallpox eradication timeline,smallpox ebola,smallpox extinct,smallpox epidemic europe,smallpox e med,ce e smallpox,o que e smallpox,smallpox facts,smallpox found,smallpox fatality rate,smallpox found in storage,smallpox fact sheet,smallpox first discovered,smallpox fatality statistics,smallpox fatality,smallpox found in freezer,smallpox family

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