small+pox+by+Samuel

===|| HOME || CAUSE || EFFECTS || TREATMENT || PREVENTION || CHOICE || NOTES || MLA ||=== There are two strains of this virus. //Variola major// and //Variola minor.// Variola major creates a more serious condition for poeple and with mortality rates of 30-35%. Variola minor is a more mild form of the disease, and only kills 1% of its victims.
 * //__Small Pox__//**

Small pox is believed to have first appeared aroudn 10,000 BC, and killed around 400,000 people in Europe a year in the 15th century. During the 20th cuntury, 300-500 million deaths were caused by the smallpox virus. WHO (World Health Organzation) estimated that 15 million people caught the disease and two million of those 15 million suffered death.

Contries began to realize the danger of this disease and "mass vaccinated" their citizens. And as recent as 1970, smallpox has been quite literally wiped of the face of the world, except for two remaining samples of the virus for research purposes only.

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