The smallpox ghost in Voltaire’s life: inoculation and the origins of vaccine acceptance [PDF]
npj VaccinesSmallpox shaped eighteenth-century debates on risk, trust, and prevention. Voltaire, marked by the disease throughout his life—the “smallpox ghost”—emerged as a prominent advocate of smallpox inoculation (variolation), a preventive practice that preceded
José Tuells, Stanley A. Plotkin
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Digitization of Historical Data from Somalia’s Last Smallpox Outbreaks 1976-1977 [PDF]
Scientific DataOver more than three thousand years, smallpox caused millions of deaths worldwide. With smallpox declared eradicated in 1980, potential use of the variola virus as a bioterrorist threat remains a concern. While modern disease outbreaks are modelled using
Rabia Khan +12 more
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Joseon physician Heo Joon’s Smallpox Medicine and ‘Syndrome differentiation (辨證)’† [PDF]
Uisahak, 2021 In this research, I have tried to overview the diagnosis and treatment of smallpox performed by Heo Joon, a representative physician of Joseon dynasty.
Chaekun OH
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Past and Present Vaccinations in Sweden. [PDF]
Acta PaediatrActa Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 11, Page 2505-2510, November 2026.
Silfverdal SA.
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Functional epitopes and neutralizing antibodies of vaccinia virus
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by the variola virus, and it has a high mortality rate. Historically it has broken out in many countries and it was a great threat to human health.
Fenghao Peng +12 more
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Monkeypox vaccine – Current status
Journal of Integrative Medicine and Research, 2023 From a long time ago, there have been intermittent outbreaks of the zoonotic disease monkeypox (mpox) throughout Africa. The first case of human mpox was documented in 1970 in rural Congo. Mpox was classified as a Public Health Emergency of International
Brig Ambika Mohanty, Aroop Mohanty
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Smallpox - past or not past? [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2004 Smallpox is a potentially deadly illness caused by the variola virus, an orthopoxvirus. Severe illness followed by blister-like body rash is the sign of smallpox. Smallpox symptoms develop about 12 days after exposure. V.
Kuljić-Kapulica Nada
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Live Vaccinia Virus-Coated Microneedle Array Patches for Smallpox Vaccination and Stockpiling
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Although smallpox has been eradicated globally, the potential use of the smallpox virus in bioterrorism indicates the importance of stockpiling smallpox vaccines.
In-Jeong Choi +5 more
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Exploring the Development of Vaccine Platforms, With a Particular Focus on the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Acta PaediatrABSTRACT Vaccines have been a cornerstone of human health for more than 200 years and one of the most important tools to reduce childhood deaths caused by pathogens. The concept of vaccines is basically to take something safe, make it immunogenic and induce an immune response in the host that will protect it against something dangerous. Live attenuated
Sällberg M.
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Smallpox good and bad: evolution of popular perceptions of the personification of the disease in the Urals in the 19th — early 20th century [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2022 In this paper, elaboration of the image of smallpox in popular perception, which manifested itself in connection with the organization of smallpox vaccination by the Russian government, is examined.
Golikova S.V.
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