Smallpox Basics The Politics of Smallpox Modeling Rice University - November 2004
... Contact tracing and ring immunization Trace each case and immunize contacts Immunize contacts of contacts Takes a long time to get the last case ...
... Contact tracing and ring immunization Trace each case and immunize contacts Immunize contacts of contacts Takes a long time to get the last case ...
Prososki, Lisa. “The Story Of… Smallpox and other Deadly Eurasian
... For thousands of years, the people of Eurasia lived in close proximity to the largest variety of domesticated mammals in the world – eating, drinking, and breathing in the germs these animals bore. Over time, animal infections crossed species, evolving into new strains which became deadly to man ...
... For thousands of years, the people of Eurasia lived in close proximity to the largest variety of domesticated mammals in the world – eating, drinking, and breathing in the germs these animals bore. Over time, animal infections crossed species, evolving into new strains which became deadly to man ...
The Story Of... Smallpox – and other Deadly Eurasian Germs
... Smallpox is a remarkably effective, and remarkably stable, infection – research has shown that over the course of 10 years, as few as three individual bases may change in a strain's DNA. The disease found an effective formula thousands of years ago, and there's no reason to change it. So where does ...
... Smallpox is a remarkably effective, and remarkably stable, infection – research has shown that over the course of 10 years, as few as three individual bases may change in a strain's DNA. The disease found an effective formula thousands of years ago, and there's no reason to change it. So where does ...
What could have caused this?
... every U.S. citizen. the eyes are filled with blood, and blood reputation, blisters form in the Smallpox has a fearsome mouth and in inside the body. having killed more people history than How disease. can we protect ourselves? any other infectious ...
... every U.S. citizen. the eyes are filled with blood, and blood reputation, blisters form in the Smallpox has a fearsome mouth and in inside the body. having killed more people history than How disease. can we protect ourselves? any other infectious ...
The Story Of smallpox
... where it multiplies and spreads to the lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters bec ...
... where it multiplies and spreads to the lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters bec ...
The Story Of smallpoxxx
... where it multiplies and spreads to the lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters bec ...
... where it multiplies and spreads to the lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters bec ...
The Story Of... Smallpox
... lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters become highly infectious, projecting fresh ...
... lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin. Starting with the hands and the face, and then spreading to cover the rest of the body, each blister is packed full of smallpox DNA. If punctured, these blisters become highly infectious, projecting fresh ...
Smallpox was a scourge that terrorized the world for 3000 years
... 25 years. In most third world countries, the majority of the population is not immune. Can this deadly disease return? What conditions are conducive to the evolution and spread of this type of disease? The origins of smallpox are not known; however, there is evidence of the disease in Egypt and Indi ...
... 25 years. In most third world countries, the majority of the population is not immune. Can this deadly disease return? What conditions are conducive to the evolution and spread of this type of disease? The origins of smallpox are not known; however, there is evidence of the disease in Egypt and Indi ...
Smallpox_and_the_Columbian_exchange
... Smallpox (caused by the variola virus) has its origins in cowpox and/or monkey pox It likely became a human disease ~4,000 years ago The disease exists in two main clinical forms: Variola minor, which is relatively mild and had a modern case fatality rate of ~1% Variola major, which can be quite sev ...
... Smallpox (caused by the variola virus) has its origins in cowpox and/or monkey pox It likely became a human disease ~4,000 years ago The disease exists in two main clinical forms: Variola minor, which is relatively mild and had a modern case fatality rate of ~1% Variola major, which can be quite sev ...
resolutions - World Health Organization
... account the fact that smallpox persists in certain areas despite repeated vaccination campaigns; (b) encouragement of the preparation during 1958-1960 of the necessary amount of smallpox vaccine in national laboratories and institutes; (c) training of vaccinators among the local population in countr ...
... account the fact that smallpox persists in certain areas despite repeated vaccination campaigns; (b) encouragement of the preparation during 1958-1960 of the necessary amount of smallpox vaccine in national laboratories and institutes; (c) training of vaccinators among the local population in countr ...
Small Pox - sarabrennan
... 1-4 days of infection, the vaccine is necessary, if not, the ill person needs to be isolated and possibly put on antibiotics. Emergency procedures would need to take place if someone were infected to protect the general population from exposure. ...
... 1-4 days of infection, the vaccine is necessary, if not, the ill person needs to be isolated and possibly put on antibiotics. Emergency procedures would need to take place if someone were infected to protect the general population from exposure. ...
sites/default/files/Tale of Two Squirrels - How vaccination
... from getting smallpox. In 1796, Doctor Edward Jenner decided to test this theory himself. Jenner took pus from the hand of a milkmaid who had caught cowpox from her cow. He rubbed the pus into scratches on the arm of the son of his gardener. The boy soon recovered from the mild infection. Six weeks ...
... from getting smallpox. In 1796, Doctor Edward Jenner decided to test this theory himself. Jenner took pus from the hand of a milkmaid who had caught cowpox from her cow. He rubbed the pus into scratches on the arm of the son of his gardener. The boy soon recovered from the mild infection. Six weeks ...
Object 26: Blossom the cow
... of an eight-year old boy. The boy developed a mild illness typical of cowpox but did not develop smallpox when exposed to the virus on several occasions. Pathology Vaccination (named after the Latin word ‘vacca’, which means ‘cow’), against smallpox was widely adopted following the publication of Je ...
... of an eight-year old boy. The boy developed a mild illness typical of cowpox but did not develop smallpox when exposed to the virus on several occasions. Pathology Vaccination (named after the Latin word ‘vacca’, which means ‘cow’), against smallpox was widely adopted following the publication of Je ...
Smallpox Overheads
... VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS DNA ds POXIVIRIDAE TWO VIRUS VARIANTS: VARIOLA major IS THE MORE VIRULENT FORM WITH A TYPICAL MORTALITY OF 20 to 40%. VARIOLA minor KILLS ABOUT 1% OF VICTIMS. ...
... VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS DNA ds POXIVIRIDAE TWO VIRUS VARIANTS: VARIOLA major IS THE MORE VIRULENT FORM WITH A TYPICAL MORTALITY OF 20 to 40%. VARIOLA minor KILLS ABOUT 1% OF VICTIMS. ...
Smallpox a problem - Personal Home Pages (at UEL)
... • Only person to person, no animal reservoir or insect vector • Can be via direct contact of vesicle fluid, saliva and respiratory secretions • Contaminated linen and clothing ...
... • Only person to person, no animal reservoir or insect vector • Can be via direct contact of vesicle fluid, saliva and respiratory secretions • Contaminated linen and clothing ...
Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. 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.Infection with smallpox is focused in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat before disseminating. In the skin it results 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 percent. V. minor caused a milder form of disease (also known as alastrim, cottonpox, milkpox, whitepox, and Cuban itch) which killed about 1 percent of its victims. Long-term complications of V. major infection included characteristic scars, commonly on the face, which occur in 65–85 percent 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 percent 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. 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 percent—and over 80 percent 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.