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Smallpox : Prevention

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Many people were vaccinated against smallpox in the past. The vaccine is no longer given to the general public because the virus has been wiped out.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 13, 2009
From about the tenth century in China, India, and the Americas, it was noted that individuals who had had even a mild case of smallpox could not be infected again. Fascinating accounts appear in writings from all over the world of ways in which p...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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