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Smallpox Learning Center

Prevention could include:
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. The possible complications and costs of the vaccine outweigh the benefits of taking it. However, a...
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 pe...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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