smallpox

     

Smallpox is an infectious isease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple". The term "smallpox" was first used in Europe in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the great pox (syphilis).

Trivia about smallpox

  • In 1979 the World Health Organization marked the disappearance of this viral disease from the Earth
  • In 1980 the World Heath Organization announced the eradication of this viral disease
  • Eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs, this febrile disease is caused by the variola virus
  • In 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Boston gave the first inoculations in America against this disease
  • Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease
  • In 1721 Zabdiel Boylston began inoculating Bostonians against an outbreak of this disease
  • The first serious epidemic of this "diminutive" disease in New England began in 1616 & was very hard on Native Americans
  • In 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gave the first inoculations in America against this disease
  • A vaccination is no longer required since this disease is eradicated
  • It's believed that this highly infectious disease killed Pocahontas
  • Edward Jenner came up with the first successful vaccine, one that prevented this deadly disease
  • In the 18th C. about 60 million people died from this disease for which a vaccine was found in 1796
  • During an 1878 epidemic of this disease, Calamity Jane helped care for the victims
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew, at the Smithsonian Institution, holds up a small needle.) By dispensing just enough vaccine, the bifurcated needle is the only medical instrument to eradicate a disease, this one eliminated in 1979
  • Peter II, Czar of Russia from 1727 to 1730, died at age 14 in an outbreak of this now-eradicated disease
  • The April 17, 1722 inoculation of 2 daughters of the Prince of Wales against this made the practice widely accepted
  • During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives
  • By 1980 a global vaccination effort led to the virtual eradication of this, the only time that's been done to a germ
  • This dreaded disease, finally eradicated in the 20th century, killed Mary at age 32
  • In 1863 Abe Lincoln came down with varioloid, a mild form of this
  • nationalgeographic.com has a video about how this disease softened up the Inca, easing the Spanish conquest
  • Due to successful vaccines, this viral disease was finally declared extinct in 1980
  • It devastated overcrowded Scottish slums in the 19th century

Tweets about smallpox

  • Combat conditioning for mcmap and I have a huge hole in my arm from smallpox. 😐 I can't wait to get out of the Marine Corps
  • RT @GeneralDysisa: SHIT I DIED FROM THE SMALLPOX I BET THE JEWS DID THIS
  • SHIT I DIED FROM THE SMALLPOX I BET THE JEWS DID THIS
  • An interesting look into smallpox quarantine in #Australia:
  • @BibleSage @ArtturiArtturi @DeityFree Sounds like you don't want a cure for AIDS? Bet you were really annoyed when smallpox was eradicated.
  • @Jonstradamus @TheoryFail @KittenKoder @Malnurtured polio? Smallpox? Tuberculosis? For some reason these are no longer common ailments.
  • Does L.L. Bean sell smallpox blankets? @midnight #WhyDidIGoogle
  • RT @Indigenia: Smallpox. Wars. Boarding schools. Dawes Act. IRA. Garrison Dam. Relocation. Oil Boom. And yet here I stand; victorious. #…
  • RT @untoldscaries: Victim of 1881 NYC smallpox epidemic
  • PUT THE PHONE DOWN, STOP THE GUY WITH THE FLESH EATING VIRUS...ALL I HAVE IS A TOOTHBRUSH, HES GOT THE NEW SMALLPOX...YOU KNOW?
  • And Edward Jenner would probs test his cowpox/smallpox theory on me sooo...
  • Just because we gave smallpox doesn't mean I have it #native
  • @hersimohammed MDR and XDR TB are far more dangerous. So is weaponised smallpox. @GrantBrooke
  • Article about how google image searching "pokken" will give you a bunch of images of smallpox victims since it's the dutch word for it
  • @midnight #WhyDidIGoogle Smallpox
  • RT @AllieFL_Baby: I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
  • Like in colonial times they couldn't afford to go around being trolls bc they had to tend the fields and survive smallpox
  • @pintacso imprint Raven's Crime/Flame Jab and your choice of Lingering Souls, Cruel Ultimatum, Eye of Nowhere, Smallpox, Worm Harvest...
  • @Gutierrezz__ they gave us smallpox so our immune systems can fight it off if we go overseas.
  • @mulegirl Hope everybody's got their smallpox shots.
  • [-] Also Elizabethan London to see various Shakespeare plays. But only after getting vaccinated against smallpox.
  • @courtrpadilla Their conditions were horrible! And after the smallpox epidemic, the Catawba population fell below 500! #DrBhist1301 #outrage
  • 10, I hope your next boyfriend gets smallpox. 10, yes I said it smallpox! 10, I hate you. 10 I still love you.
  • @deepdimlpes @BlueDuPage The 'nice' white folks gave blankets impregnated with smallpox to the native folk to take control of their land.
  • My Virus, called MILEY POX just won the Smallpox scenario in Plague Inc.
  • @Dilling3r_ I thought cowpox vaccinated smallpox
  • 0wned by DodePersie #DodeOnTTI ~ A librarian found smallpox stored inside a 19th century medical book! --->
  • My smallpox shot.. Yea, that's a live virus in my arm. Pretty cool right? Haha
  • @thedudeone101 @DesBieler the pretzel chain accused of giving pretzels infected with smallpox to Red people? Yeah, that one #Redskinspride
  • i have live smallpox running through my system right now lmao turn down for what
  • Hay smallpox, how lucky i am. Alhamdulillah ya Allah :(
  • When smallpox circulates, people will survive by chanting the Tae-eul Mantra.” (Dojeon11:165:19)
  • @Casillic Sadly, they’re entertaining the way smallpox or acid burns are. I do have a list of entertaining nutjobs, though!
  • RT @newtgingrich: Strategy debate on Islamic State is exactly wrong. This is an epidemiology problem not a nation state problem. Think Ebol…
  • Photo: What was worse the #smallpox or the #tabbaco? (at Boston Common)
  • What was worse the #smallpox or the #tabbaco? @ Boston Common
  • @jackiebarbosa Dear @latimes, pls rec Scourge:The Once&Future Threat of Smallpox to your rdrs. They might see light
  • Edward Jenner announced today his hope to have smallpox shrunk down to a manageable threat. #PartTimePresident
  • RT @AnimalDefenders: Monkeys in US & UK used 4 smallpox vaccine research even though disease eradicated in 1980 #In…
  • @iamcolinquinn Hope your rust colored sweater is covered in smallpox.
  • "I'm bringing smallpox back"
  • Both parents have painful zits in the same spot. My dad got mad at me for asking "is this like an old person thing? Is this smallpox?"
  • "Lincoln Park was originally a cemetery for cholera & smallpox victims." Yet another reason to avoid that 'hood
  • RT @Magnus_Jamieson: If Faslane instead held stockpiles of Ricin, Anthrax or Smallpox would we be so eager to defend it based on its employ…
  • If Faslane instead held stockpiles of Ricin, Anthrax or Smallpox would we be so eager to defend it based on its employment record?
  • @ElizabethWalne hmm. Incidentally, I may have to come and chat to you about smallpox at some point!
  • RT @isaiscaetano: 2007. Ir para cima ↑ (em inglês) Drought, Smallpox, and Emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in Northeastern Brazil, Esta…
  • ICYMI: BARDA adds $17m to Chimerix smallpox contract $CMRX #pharma #BARDA #HHS #smallpox #biotech #biopharma
  • Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer (616.91 HEN) #g