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...information from historical data to quantify the transmission dynamics of smallpox (390 times)

...h the promise that ''[[Variola virus|Variola major]]'' virus, the cause of smallpox, has been eradicated from the wild; there remains the fear that a culture e ...riven polio into a few remote areas, and there was hope that it might join smallpox in extinction. When Somali refugees became ill with polio in a Kenyan displ

...us at capturing genes from their hosts,' Esposito said. 'It tells you that smallpox was once inside a mouse or some other small rodent'. (Open access)

...Orthopox''': variola virus, vaccinia virus, cowpox virus, monkeypox virus, smallpox ; '''Parapox''': orf virus, pseudocowpox, bovine papular stomatitis virus;

** A virus ([[SARS]], [[West Nile virus|West Nile]], [[smallpox]]) of sufficient infectivity (''k'' > 0) will spread exponentially at first

...ving moved to London, Maxwell suffered an attack of [[smallpox]]. Because smallpox is very contagious and life-threatening, his servants were afraid to enter ...es and vomiting. There is reason to suspect that Maxwell's earlier bout of smallpox had made him sensitive to this disease.

...ving moved to London, Maxwell suffered an attack of [[smallpox]]. Because smallpox is very contagious and life-threatening, his servants were afraid to enter ...es and vomiting. There is reason to suspect that Maxwell's earlier bout of smallpox had made him sensitive to this disease.

...Dumfriesshire, on November 10th, 1721. He lost his sight as a result of [[smallpox]] when not quite six months old. His career is interesting as that of one w

...e Indians on the coast of New England were heavily decimated by waves of [[smallpox]] brought by sailors and explorers well before the settlers came. (The expl ..., the [[Mayflower compact]]. They also suffered grievously from the native smallpox, but they were assisted in their time of trouble by the [[Wampanoag]]s unde

...Japanese and original Ainu inhabitants, who suffered high death rates from smallpox. The doctors carried out widespread vaccination, employing Western medical

...xtinct in the wild, and may or may not exist in laboratories. One disease, smallpox, has been eradicated, and that took close to 200 years. Eradication of othe Polio, for example, is close to being the second disease, after smallpox, to being eradicated. It is endemic in four countries: Afghanistan, India,

...nsequently had no immunity against. By 1767, epidemics of measles, plague, smallpox, typhus, and venereal diseases had decimated the native population. Out of

...ry, medical treatments were primitive compared to today's standards. The [[smallpox]] [[vaccine]], developed by [[Edward Jenner]], was one of the few vaccines

...ry, medical treatments were primitive compared to today's standards. The [[smallpox]] [[vaccine]], developed by [[Edward Jenner]], was one of the few vaccines

...d. The first explorers and fishermen brought European diseases (especially smallpox) which killed off most of the Indians. * Marble, Allan Everett. ''Surgeons, Smallpox, and the Poor: A History of Medicine and Social Conditions in Nova Scotia,

...ref> In 1732, Deborah gave birth to their first son, Francis, who died of smallpox at the age of 4, leading Franklin to be advocate of inoculations. Sarah Fr

...ref> In 1732, Deborah gave birth to their first son, Francis, who died of smallpox at the age of 4, leading Franklin to be advocate of inoculations. Sarah Fr

Perhaps the most frightening would be an outbreak of [[smallpox]], the disease caused by ''[[variola virus|Variola major]]'' is be the firs

<blockquote>In spite of all scientific speculations and experiments regarding smallpox vaccination, Jenner’s discovery remained an erratic blocking medicine, ti

Diseases brought by the Europeans, such as [[smallpox]] and [[measles]], wiped out a large proportion of the indigenous populatio