SMALLPOX• Luisa Bustos Pérez• Camila Martínez

Correa• Kelly Sáez

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History of Smallpox

The history of smallpox holds a unique place in human health and medicine. One of the deadliest diseases known to humans, smallpox is also the only human disease to have been eradicated by vaccination

Symptoms and Causative Agent

Symptoms of a typical smallpox infection began with a fever and lethargy about two weeks after exposure to the Variola major virus. Headache, sore throat, and vomiting were common as well. In a few days, a raised rash appeared on the face and body, and sores formed inside the mouth, throat, and

nose.

Who invented the smallpox vaccine ?• Edward Jenner( 17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English

physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

• He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is

said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human.

• “People have been using smallpox vaccine since Edward Jenner first tested his idea that inoculation with matter from a cowpox sore would protect a person from smallpox.

• Jenner’s work eventually led to widespread production and commercialization of smallpox vaccine.

EradicationSmallpox eradication was accomplished with a combination of focused surveillance quyickly identifying new smallpox cases and ring vaccination. The last case of wild smallpox occurred in Somalia in 1977.