What should you do if you have smallpox or bulutong? and is it ok if you pop 'e!
Question:
What should you do if you have smallpox or bulutong? and is it ok if you pop 'em?
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After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in 1977. To this day, smallpox is the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated from nature.
Smallpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the smallpox virus, an orthopoxvirus. It causes death in up to 30%. Indigenous infection has been eradicated. The main concern for outbreaks is from bioterrorism. Severe constitutional symptoms and a characteristic pustular rash develop. Treatment is supportive. Prevention involves vaccination, which, because of its risks, is performed selectively.
Please see the web pages for more details on Smallpox.