Small pox

Throughout history, diseases have been recorded. Some species were wiped out completely, while others learned to adapt. Small pox is one such disease that has the ability to completely destroy the human population. Smallpox is an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. Although there is no cure, there is a vaccine that can help protect you from it. It is called vaccinia and is a poxvirus closely related to the smallpox. Live vaccinia infects the people

embraces the changes throughout history. It takes a look at the relationship between people and the disease in the context of that period of time to gain a historically positioned, socially expressed, and culturally significant understanding of small pox in

The potential resurrection of small pox to prevent re-emergence. Christel Ramirez 10487751 Abstract The new field of Paleomicrobiology has made it possible to analyze ancient infectious diseases that may still be a treat to world’s population. This principle allows the profound study of the once fatal disease: small pox (VARV). It is of the opt most importance that the mechanisms of emergence of this ancient viruses are better understood which can assist in development of new methods for

What is smallpox? Smallpox is a serious infectious disease caused by the variola virus that is contagious. Since 1980, smallpox has been eliminated by vaccination. Research is still being conducted today on smallpox. Types of smallpox There are four types of smallpox. These are: variola minor, variola major, hemorrhagic and malignant. Variola minor caused only 1% of deaths, while variola major caused 90% of deaths. Hemorrhagic and malignant are very rare, but almost always cause death. These four

Humans are believed to have first been infected by smallpox 12,000 years ago, when people began domesticating animals in the time of the earliest agricultural settlements (Youngerman 14; Greenspan 3). In fact, “Ramses V…looks to have had the raised bumps on his face and body for which smallpox was named…,” proving that smallpox may have predated the New Kingdom of Egypt (1570 B.C.—1085 B.C.) (Greenspan 3). Contrary to prior investigation, the most virulent strain of smallpox originated in sub-Saharan

Chapter four of Viruses, Plagues, and History, entitled Smallpox, provided a broad spectrum of information about smallpox as well as exploring its potential to return and once again cause death and devastation. I found this chapter to be especially terrifying because of the stress put on the fact that smallpox could be weaponized by bioterrorists. All of the information about smallpox itself as well as its history as a virus and a weapon really scared me because it could cause so much devastation

couple symptoms to smallpox, mostly affecting your skin. The first couple of days, it will begin with normal symptoms of a fever. Eventually, there will be body aches, headaches, and you will begin to feel weaker. Small, round blisters appear all around the body. Within a week, the pox becomes filled with pus and gets bigger. Then eventually, the blisters crust and stomach pains will most likely occur. Within the next couple of weeks, the blisters become scabs and they fall off, which result in

Smallpox Smallpox killed about 500 million people. It was one of the world's most tragic epidemic. It was thought to have started Egypt 3,000 years ago. Also, it was eradicated in 1980, many people suffered. Smallpox is and was a very scary and dangerous virus. Timeline Smallpox had a very large timeline that affected many. First, smallpox was present in the Egyptian Empire, in a written description the virus clearly resembled smallpox, Later in about the 6th century increased

Smallpox was once one of the most severe infectious diseases that was endemic throughout the world for most of the recorded history. It is caused by variola virus (a DNA virus and a member of the Poxviridae family), and characterized by three phases: incubation, prodrome and rash. This disease killed and disfigured innumerable millions of people globally. The origin of smallpox The historians believe that smallpox appeared around 10 000 B.C. during the first agricultural settlements in northeastern

Smallpox Smallpox is known as a deadly disease usually bringing its uprising back in the early 70's. In 1973 a young child in Bangladesh caught an unknown disease. Scientist worked hard on the kid and found a regular vaccine to it but it was too late a group of food donors that worked in the U.S brought the disease back home.The U.S went on national alert trying to vaccinate anyone they could.So the uprising came. Symptoms The only way to contact Smallpox would be thru fluid like contact