SMALLPOX

CAUSE

• Smallpox is caused by a pathogen
• That pathogen is a pox virus
• The name is:Variola

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS

• At first it is like you have the Flu
• Then you get red spots
• Followed by blisters that get pus
• Then scabs form and fall off
• Which then leaves deep scars

VACCINES

• Vaccines have been the same for decades
• Vaccines have not changed
• They have not improved either

WAYS TO PREVENT

• Isolate the infected
• Vaccinate yourself
• Do that if close contact

EFFECTS ON BODY

• Deep scarring
• Blindness
• Damaged immune system
• If you survive you get this stuff

DEATH TOLL

• At least 400,000 to 500,000
• people were killed by smallpox

SOURCES

• Ask.com
• Mayo clinic
• NIAID
• The history learning site