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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

VARIOLA VIRUS

(SMALLPOX)
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The discovery of smallpox was about 1157 by Edward Jenner

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It originated in India or Egypt

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You can only get smallpox by face to face contact or spread through direct contact through bodily fluids or bedding or clothing

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The symptoms of smallpox are in the muscles,skin(rashes,blisters)whole body(chills,fever,and sores on skin

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There is no treatment at all because it is eradicated

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The mortality rate is 30%

75% have suffered from smallpox

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FUN FACT#1

The average incubation period is 12days
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FUN FACT#2

PHARAOH RAMSES V HAD SMALLPOX
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FUN FACT#3

THE LAST CASE OF SMALLPOX WAS IN SOMALIA IN 1977
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FUN FACT#4

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF SMALLPOX COMING BACK TO HAUNT US
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FUN FACT#5

THE U.S. HAS STOCKPILED ENOUGH VACCINES TO INOCULATE EVERY CITIZEN