Vaccination led to smallpox elimination in western Europe, North America and Japan. In the absence of a large-scale coordinated international programme, the disease persisted in other areas. In 1958, the World Health Assembly called for the global eradication of smallpox – the permanent reduction to zero cases – without risk of reintroduction.

2024年6月20日 · Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity and caused millions of deaths before it was eradicated.

2010年5月1日 · Smallpox and chickenpox. Poster showing the stages of rash for both smallpox and chickenpox. The poster was prepared in 1970 to help newly recruited staff to recognize the differences between the rashes for each disease. The text and drawings at the bottom give simple guidance to distinguish the signs and symptoms of smallpox from those of ...

2010年5月1日 · Smallpox: a pictorial guide to diagnosis, a brochure published by WHO in 1969 to help identify smallpox in African patients.

Smallpox: last case 1 May 2010 Since smallpox was only transferred from person to person, the last infected person was the last link in the chain of transmission and represented the end of the disease in a country.

2010年5月17日 · Background on smallpox eradication. Over the centuries, smallpox has been one of mankind’s most feared and deadly diseases with a history dating back at least 3500 years. Historically, it spread across the world, killing kings and peasants alike. People in many countries worshiped special deities intended to protect them from smallpox.

A "smallpox detective" interviews a child while following the trail of infection and outbreak, Ethiopia ...

2024年10月3日 · Page providing resources relating to an outbreak of mpox that began in 2022. Resources include general information on the virus, situation reports and materials for health workers.

2014年1月3日 · The Smallpox Vaccine Emergency Stockpile (SVES) was originally created by consolidating WHO Member State donations given in support of the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme. In 2002, World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 55.16 urged Member States to share expertise, supplies and resources to rapidly contain a public health emergency ...

2016年6月21日 · Smallpox has two main forms: variola major and variola minor. The two forms showed similar lesions. The disease followed a milder course in variola minor, which had a case fatality rate of less than 1 per cent. The fatality rate of variola major was around 30%. There are two rare forms of smallpox: haemorrhagic and malignant.