What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient

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What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient

Rahima Banu, a toddler in rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world known to contract variola major, the deadly form of smallpox, through natural infection. In October 1975, after World Health Organization epidemiologists learned of her infection, health workers vaccinated those around her, putting an end to variola major transmission around the world. […] The post What I Learned From..
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