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13 gru 2020 · To estimate the impact of a smallpox attack in Mumbai, India, examine the impact of case isolation and ring vaccination for epidemic containment and test the health system capacity under different scenarios with available interventions.
The Disease. Smallpox was caused by a variola virus and was transmit-ted between people through the air. It was usually spread by face-to-face contact with an infected person and to a lesser extent through contaminated clothes and bedding.
In response to the situation, in 1962 the government of India launched the National Smallpox Eradication Program (NSEP) with a focus on mass vaccination of the population. It poured money into the vaccine manufacturing industry and hired healthcare workers to perform inoculations.
8 maj 2010 · Download Full Issue. The story of smallpox. Andrew Robinson ar471@cam.ac.uk. Download PDF. More. The first time I visited India, in early 1975, I had a routine smallpox vaccination. Later that year, after a massive vaccination campaign, India was finally declared free from smallpox, then Bangladesh. Only Africa was still reporting cases.
2 gru 2019 · Claiming over 300 million lives in the 20th century alone, smallpox killed 3 out every 10 person it infected. Thanks to women like Mary Guinan and Cornelia E Davis, India was able to rid itself of the disease.
The selected documents illustrate the evolution of the Smallpox Eradication Program in various states of India from 1972 until 1977. The World of Smallpox Smallpox is caused by a highly contagious virus (Variola major) which is spread through person-to-person contact.
Smallpox Eradication in India, 1972-1977. Zero smallpox. In May 1975, the very last case of smallpox was found in India. For the next two years, searches and active surveillance were continued to ensure there were no hidden smallpox pockets.
