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17 lut 2011 · According to Alibek, one particularly virulent strain, India 67 or India 1, was chosen by the Russians to be weaponised. They perfected techniques for mass producing smallpox and maintained a...
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.
The 1974 smallpox epidemic in India infected 188,000 people, leading to the deaths of 31,000 Indians. [1] The media reported the smallpox epidemic as the most severe. [2] However, the claim is debatable due to improvements in reporting since the epidemics of 1875 and 1967. [3]
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.
With a fatality rate of 30%, smallpox has killed millions of people over the last 3,000 years and abruptly altered history. Ramses V of Egypt (1145 BCE) was a notable early victim. Elsewhere, European royal dynastic succession was affected by heirs surviving (or not) the disease.
Because India is one of the most populous countries in the world and covers a large geographic area, it presented unique challenges to smallpox eradication. This online exhibit highlights selected documents from a collection of materials donated to the University of Michigan Library by Dr. Lawrence Brilliant, a member of the WHO country team ...
Smallpox is widespread in India. Arab expansion spreads smallpox into northern Africa, Spain, and Portugal. Figurine of Indian smallpox goddess Shitala Mata worshipped in northern India. She was considered both the cause and cure of smallpox disease.
