SMALLPOX

Sherin Smallwood

Health and Disease in Human Evolution

Spring, 2003

- INTRODUCTION

- ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

- HISTORY: ORIGIN AND SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE

- THE DISEASE

o Progression and Symptoms

o Sequelae

o Paleopathological Evidence

- PREVENTION

o In the Past

o Current Vaccine

- ERADICATION

- SMALLPOX AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

o The First Biological Weapon

o A Modern Threat

- REFERENCES