MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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worldwide vaccination for smallpox
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global education about smallpox
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better worldwide urban sanitation
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improved global quarantine facilities
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1757, an 8-year-old boy was inoculated with smallpox in Gloucester (4); he was one of thousands of children inoculated that year in England. The procedure was effective, as the boy developed a mild case of smallpox and was subsequently immune to the disease. His name was Edward Jenner.
Detailed explanation-2: -Treatment of smallpox patients generally involves supportive care. Vaccination with replication-competent smallpox vaccines (i.e., ACAM2000 and APSV) can prevent or lessen the severity of disease if given within 2 to 3 days of the initial exposure. They may decrease symptoms if given within the first week of exposure.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thanks to the success of vaccination, the last natural outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949. In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally occurring smallpox have happened since.