Prevention
Who came up with the idea to inoculate healthy individuals with cowpox?
Edward Jenner
Approximately how long is the incubation period?
10-14 days
How does smallpox most commonly enter the body?
Inhalation
What did doctors initially think smallpox was?
Chickenpox
Where did the spread of smallpox begin?
Asia/ Africa
Where does the rash first develop?
inside the mouth
What is the name of the virus that causes smallpox?
Variola
Who brought smallpox to America?
British, French, & Spanish explorers
What two groups of people were offered the vaccine first (when it became available)?
health care workers & military personnel
What four external body parts are usually covered in the heaviest concentration of blisters?
arms, face, hands, & feet
What three groups of people are most susceptible?
pregnant women, immunocompromised, and infants
Working what job position was thought make one immune to smallpox?
Milkmaid
What organization provided efforts to eradicate smallpox using Edward Jenner's cowpox method?
World Health Organization
When is a person no longer considered contagious?
after all of the scabs have fallen off
What must the smallpox virus have in order to survive?
a human host
Who propagandized the practice of innoculation?
Lady Mary Wortley
Who was Edward Jenner's "volunteer" for inoculation of cowpox?
James Phipps
What internal body parts are pustulated?
mouth, ear canals, & sinuses
How does the virus travel from the lymph nodes to the rest of the internal organs?
through the bloodstream
What was the fatality rate of Variola Minor?
2%