0
Smallpox has been eradicated through the effective Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme, initiated by the World Health Organization. On 26 July 1978, WHO announced the eradication of the smallpox strain Variola Minor. The more deadly strain, Variola Major, had been eradicated several years earlier, in 1975. There remains a stockpile of the virus in storage in 600 frozen vials in Atlanta and Russia. This has been deemed necessary, in case further vaccines are required in the future. This stockpile was supposed to be destroyed on 31 December 1993, but on 23 December 1993, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia reversed their decision, announcing that the remaining virus stockpile would not be destroyed, so as to enable scientists to continue studying the disease.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Do any other organisms carry smallpox?
Smallpox is a strictly human disease, it is not carried by animals. It is also extinct in the wild, although laboratory samples still exist.
Are you able to get smallpox today?
no it is rare to get smallpox. although it is still possible to get smallpox
Is the last man to have smallpox still alive?
Smallpox is still alive, just not dangerous and it is under control. There is no real cure for it.
What is the treatment for patients diagnosed with smallpox?
Smallpox has been eradicated so it does no exist; ergo need not be cured. Chickenpox cannot be cured - you just need to go through it.
What is a sentence using the word detest?
Use it like this in a sentence I detest smallpox. You detest smallpox We detest smallpox. He detests smallpox She detests smallpox It detests smallpox.
Did many native Americans die of smallpox before spanish colonies established?
Before Columbus smallpox did not exist among native Americans. As a result, they had no immunity it and it decimated their population.
Can you still have sexual intercourse after receiving the smallpox vaccine?
... yes
What are scientists doing or using smallpox for?
The treatment for smallpox was to get a vaccination.
Has smallpox been wiped out?
Globally across the world, yes. Although, there could still be smallpox virus but frozen somewhere across the world.
Does the Atahualpa still exist?
yes, because we still exist
Does the himeji castle still exist?
yes it does still exist :)
Do the pima Indians still exist?
Yes, they still exist.
