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Smallpox
If athe smallpox vaccine is given within 1-4 days after a person is exposed to the disease, it may prevent illness or make the illness less severe. Once symptoms have started, treatment is limited.There is no drug specifically for treating smallpox.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 13, 2009
Smallpox
Treatment for smallpox was only supportive, meaning that the only treatment available was aimed at keeping a patient as comfortable as possible. No treatments were ever found that would halt the progression of the disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Treatments Articles

Isolation
Isolation refers to the precautions that are taken in the hospital to prevent the spread of an infectious agent from an infected or colonized patient to susceptible persons.Isolation practices are designed to minimize the transmission of infection...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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