SmallPox

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkey pox virus that can occur in certain animals including humans. Symptoms begin with fever, headaches, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue.

Smallpox are most commonly found in Central Africa and West Africa.

Picture Of SmallPox Virus

In the 1890s, Siberia contracted a large-scale smallpox epidemic. Hundreds of infected bodies were buried under the permafrost layer next to the Kolyma River.

After more than a hundred years, river puddles - accelerated by melting ice sheets - have now begun to erode the edges where the bodies were buried.

A research team acquired and reassembled the entire genome DNA sequence from the body of a child who died in the 17th Century, confirming that smallpox or smallpox monkey has not been eradicated from this planet, only from its surface.

In 1980, just a few months after the last death case, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that Smallpox had been eradicated.

At present, the only "official" parent virus can be found in only two places, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and at VECTOR near Novosibirsk, Russia.

However, another parent was discovered in Bethesda, Maryland in 2014, for no apparent reason. In addition, this virus is considered a bioterrorism agent.
SmallPox Treatment

Smallpox treatment is done to relieve the symptoms that appear. The doctor will give paracetamol to relieve fever and pain, and ask the patient to rest to speed up the healing process.

In addition, sufferers are also encouraged to consume lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and grains as energy intake to fight infection.

A Child with SmallPox 

Smallpox disease can spread from person to person, although the spread in this way is limited, and 1 in 10 sufferers are at risk of death. Therefore, patients need to be treated in isolation to get monitoring from a doctor and prevent the spread of disease.

Until now, there has been no treatment for Smallpox. Smallpox can heal itself with resistance from the sufferer's immune system.

SmallPox Prevention

The main prevention of smallpox  is to avoid direct contact with primates and rodents, such as monkeys and squirrels, or people who are infected. In addition, several other preventive steps that can be taken are:

Be diligent in washing your hands with soap and water, or alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially before eating, touching your nose or eyes, and cleaning wounds.

Avoid sharing cutlery or using the same bed linen with people infected with Smallpox.