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Smallpox

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SMALLPOX

CAUSE

CAUSED MY A VIRUS CALLED THE VARIOLA VIRUS

SYMPTOMS

FLU-LIKE FATIGUE, HIGH FEVERS, SORES AND BLISTERS, BLINDNESS

SPREAD

SPREAD VERY EASILY THROUGH THE AIR, CONTACT, OR CLOTHES OR SHEETS

SPREAD

SPREAD VERY EASILY THROUGH THE AIR, CONTACT, OR CLOTHES OR SHEETS

MOST COMMON DURING THE MID 1600s

CAME TO NORTH AMERICA FROM EUROPEAN COLONISTS

TREATMENT

SMALLPOX IS RARELY SEEN TODAY DUE TO ITS VACCINATION