{"id":7844,"date":"2022-05-28T03:31:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T03:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/?page_id=7844"},"modified":"2023-06-05T23:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:50:55","slug":"smallpox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/index.php\/campus-humanbio\/epidemics\/eliminating\/smallpox\/","title":{"rendered":"10a2 Smallpox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Smallpox<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Smallpox Objectives<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Describe the pathogens, form of transmission, and symptoms associated with Smallpox.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Tell the story of early variolation (inoculation) and Edward Jenner’s vaccination.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Describe how COVID-19 relates to other respiratory-transmitted diseases.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Note: In 2022 Monkeypox appeared in the news as cases appeared in multiple countries outside where it typically occurs in central and western Africa.\u00a0 This is not smallpox, it has a lower risk of severe illness and death (approximately 1%).\u00a0 However, it is also potentially scarring like advanced chickenpox, a different skin rash disease.\u00a0 The smallpox vaccine has some efficacy, but most people under the age of 60 are not vaccinated.\u00a0 We will learn more about monkeypox in the years to come, particularly why it is spreading into more people in new regions.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Smallpox terrorized people for thousands of years.\u00a0 It crept though populations, killing many, and leaving many others suddenly blind and scarred from head to toe.\u00a0 Smallpox may have been the earliest example of a pathogen used as a form of biological weapon.<\/p>\n

    And now it is gone.\u00a0 This is one of the most amazing stories in human history.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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