Smallpox | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Smallpoxiscontagious.Apersonmaybeinfectedbydirectcontactwithsmallpoxpatients,orbyinhalationofthevariolavirus.Theinfectedpatient'ssaliva,blood, ...

Introduction

Smallpox is an acute infectious disease caused by the variola virus, which causes varying degrees of health threat to humans. The fatality rate is up to 30%. Deaths often occur within one or two weeks after symptom onset. So far, there is no effective treatment. The disease was first discovered in China and India in the 4th century, and more than 3.5 million people were killed in the world in the 16th century. By 1970, more than 15 million people were infected each year, with at least 2 million deaths worldwide. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) planned to eradicate smallpox, and in 1980 officially announced that the smallpox virus eradicated completely on earth, which will not happen naturally, and recommended that all countries to stop vaccinia vaccination. Three attributes that lead to the success of the variola virus eradication program: construction of strategic disease su...