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History of Smallpox and Its Spread in Human Populations

12 Aug 2016

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Smallpox is considered among the most devastating of human diseases. Its spread in populations, initiated for thousands of years following a probable transmission from an animal host, was concomitant with movements of people across regions and continents, trade and wars. Literature permitted to retrace the occurrence of epidemics from ancient times to recent human history, smallpox having affected all levels of...

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PMID: 27726788
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.poh-0004-2014

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