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2 days ago · Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.
5 days ago · smallpox, acute infectious disease that begins with a high fever, headache, and back pain and then proceeds to an eruption on the skin that leaves the face and limbs covered with cratered pockmarks, or pox. For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children.
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- Smallpox is caused by infection with variola major, a virus of the family Poxviridae. A less-virulent form of smallpox, called alastrim, is caused...
- Smallpox was one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine. In 1967 the World Health Organization (WHO) began a global vaccination progra...
- People who survived smallpox were permanently immune to a second infection, though they faced a lifetime of disfigurement and, in some cases, blind...
- The last endemic case of smallpox (actually an infection of variola minor) was recorded in Somalia in 1977. No cases were reported from 1977 to 198...
- Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is a member of Poxviridae, the same virus family that causes smallpox and cowpox.
Jun 21, 2024 · Public health - Medieval, Hygiene, Disease: In terms of disease, the Middle Ages can be regarded as beginning with the plague of 542 and ending with the Black Death (bubonic plague) of 1348. Diseases in epidemic proportions included leprosy, bubonic plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, scabies, erysipelas, anthrax, trachoma, sweating sickness, and ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Deaths due to bubonic plague in India 1896-1904. Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Feb 2, 2024. The Third Plague Epidemic began in the mid-1800s in Yunnan, China, (an area that is still a natural...
4 days ago · "This species is endangered, with numbers dropping 50-80% in recent years due to non-native crayfish and crayfish plague. "The native, white-clawed crayfish is one of the reasons the River Wye has ...
Mar 1, 2024 · The plague is arguably the most infamous and feared disease in human history. It is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, which is spread primarily by rats and their fleas.
2 days ago · A human case of the plague has been confirmed in Pueblo County, Colorado, according to health officials. Experts share tips for preventing spread of the bacterial infection.
