SMALLPOX
By: Hallie McClure
INFECTIOUS DISEASES-
- Smallpox is caused by a green germ or virus called the Variola virus
- Smallpox effects everyone and 30 of 100 people may die when the virus is active
- And for hundreds of years Smallpox has killed many people
SYMPTOMS-
- Symptoms- Chills, headaches, backaches, nausea, vomiting, and very high fever
- Red spots appear on the skin after about 3 or 4 days after the disease begins. The spots then become raised, and in a few days change to be filled with puss. Then they reach there largest size
- The spots first appear on the face, trunk and then on the legs and arms
- If the person with Smallpox lives the bumps become scabs, which then fall off, leaving red or brown discoloration underneath
TRANSMISSION-
Smallpox can be spread by coughing, sneezing, clothing, bedclothes, utensils, and even talking!!!!
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT-
- Edward Jenner, used cowpox germs as a method of preventing Smallpox. The use of cowpox matter to prevent Smallpox also became known as vaccination.
- Smallpox can also be killed by sunlight, heat, and vaccination
- Other than these there is no known cure for Smallpox
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SMALLPOX-
- Smallpox is related to Cowpox because it is a use of treatment
- The last known recorded case of naturally occurring Smallpox was isolated in 1977
- Vaccination may have wiped it out, but millions were still killed and millions were blinded
WHY PEOPLE ARE WORRIED-
In the U.S. and Russia scientists have saved the virus in laboratories.
Also it would be extremely difficult for a group to take the time to produce a large amount of the Variola virus, without being detected.
RESOURCES-
BOOK-
Smith, Austin Edward. The World Book Encyclopedia, S. (1965). United States: Field Education Corporation.WEB-BASED-
Teens Health Smallpox. (2016). http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/smallpox.htm?WT.ac
WedMD-Smallpox.(2016). www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/smallpox
CDC Smallpox. (2016) http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/vaccine.asp