The history of smallpox extends into pre-history. Genetic evidence suggests that the smallpox virus emerged 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. Prior to that, similar...

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally...

The history of smallpox in Mexico spans approximately 430 years from the arrival of the Spanish to the official eradication in 1951. It was brought to...

In 1978, an outbreak of smallpox in the United Kingdom resulted in the death of Janet Parker, a British medical photographer, who became the last recorded...

The smallpox vaccine is used to prevent smallpox infection caused by the variola virus. It is the first vaccine to have been developed against a contagious...

Smallpox demon (Japanese: 疱瘡神, Hōsōkami) or smallpox devil is a demon which was believed to be responsible for causing smallpox in medieval Japan. In...

Amerindian." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 13.5 (1943): 601-613. Donald R. Hopkins, The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History (U of Chicago Press, 2002)...

The smallpox virus retention debate has been going on among scientists and health officials since the smallpox virus was declared eradicated by the World...

of Aboriginal deaths. The consequences of Aboriginal smallpox are an integral part of modern Australian history. The 1789 outbreak, in particular, has...

English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms vaccine and...