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Smallpox

Eradication. Smallpox. Amanda Srsic. Smallpox is caused by a DNA virus called Variola Virus. The virus spreads by replicating in the host’s cytoplasm and bursting the cell. The virus is transmitted through air, indirect contact, and direct contact.

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Smallpox

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  1. Eradication Smallpox Amanda Srsic

  2. Smallpox is caused by a DNA virus called Variola Virus

  3. The virus spreads by replicating in the host’s cytoplasm and bursting the cell

  4. The virus is transmitted through air, indirect contact, and direct contact

  5. Smallpox causes characteristic skin lesions that gave the disease its name Asymptomatic for 12 days, then…

  6. 1/3 patients die, and those that survive can end with scarring or blindness

  7. Smallpox was a grave disease that infected people in almost all countries

  8. Inoculation was a successful, ancient technique to prevent smallpox

  9. Dr. Edward Jenner transformed the burden of smallpox by developing the first vaccine in 1796

  10. The smallpox vaccine developed to be grown on cow skin or chicken eggs and delivered through a bifurcated needle

  11. The vaccine effectively prevents smallpox transmission Kretzschmar M, van den Hof S, Wallinga J, van Wijngaarden J. Ring vaccination and smallpox control. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2004 May [date cited]. Available from: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0419.htm

  12. In 1967, the WHO worked toward eradication by mass vaccination

  13. Ring vaccination was a new method that proved very effective

  14. Ring Vaccination decreased smallpox in Africa

  15. India was one of the last frontiers in the eradication campaign

  16. In 1980, smallpox was the first disease eradicated!

  17. The eradication was successful because of the type of disease and public health methods

  18. Works Cited • PowerPoint “Old Killers, New Killers,” Dr. Amanda Thompson, UNC Chapel Hill • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/video/index.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Transmission • http://www.who.int/features/2010/smallpox/en/index.html • http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_archive/millionssaved/studies/case_1 • http://www.cgdev.org/doc/millions/MS_case_1.pdf • http://www.news-medical.net/health/Smallpox-Eradication.aspx • http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_stop_pandemics.html • http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/fis/courses/lis2102/ko.who.case.html • http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/94/4/316.full.pdf • http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10007793-3.html?tag=page;next • http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/smallpox/#/smallpox-virus_1216_600x450.jpg • http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/6/a/cricket/cktcontent_6a22.shtml • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475879/pdf/jclinpath00145-0001.pdf • http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm077982.htm

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