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  1. Janet Parker
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    The last case of smallpox in the world occurred in an outbreak in the United Kingdom in 1978. A medical photographer, Janet Parker, contracted the disease at the University of Birmingham Medical School and died on 11 September 1978. Although it has remained unclear how Parker became infected, the source of the infection was established to be the smallpox virus grown for research purposes at the Medical School laboratory.
    In the summer of 1978, the last known case of smallpox was reported, claiming the life of 40-year-old medical photographer Janet Parker. But how did the disease, thought to have been eradicated across the world, come to be in Britain's second city? It was Friday 11 August when Janet Parker first began to feel unwell.
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    What was the last reported case of smallpox?
    On 31 October 1977, the world's last known case of endemic smallpox was discovered in Merca, Somalia. The source of infection was quickly identified; 19 days previously, the male patient had been in contact with two other cases for not more than 15 minutes, but the surveillance activities surrounding these cases did not identify him as a contact.
    www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-45101091
    When was the last reported case of smallpox?
    The last naturally occurring case of smallpox was reported in 1977. In 1980, the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated. Currently, there is no evidence of naturally occurring smallpox transmission anywhere in the world.
    www.verywellhealth.com/smallpox-symptoms-1068892
    Is the last man to have smallpox still alive?
    One special man in Somalia was at the battlefront of both eradication efforts. He died last week of a sudden illness at age 59. Ali Maow Maalin was the last member of the general public — worldwide — to catch smallpox. And he spent the past decade working to end polio in Somalia.
    www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/07/31/2069475…
    When was the last smallpox death?
    The last case of smallpox in the world occurred in an outbreak in the United Kingdom in 1978. A medical photographer, Janet Parker, contracted the disease at the University of Birmingham Medical School and died on 11 September 1978.
    www.history.com/news/pandemics-end-plague-cholera-bl…
  3. https://www.who.int/news-room/photo-story/photo-story-detail/smallpox-last-case

    WebAmina Salat, the last case of smallpox in Ethiopia, 1976. Parchment signed in Geneva on 9 December 1979, by the members of the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication. "The last cases in countries considered endemic in 1967", exhibition display …

  4. History of Smallpox | Smallpox | CDC

    https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html
    • Smallpox was a terrible disease. On average, 3 out of every 10 people who got it died. People who survived usually had scars, which were sometimes severe. One of the first methods for controlling smallpox was variolation, a process named after the virus that causes smallpox (variola virus). During variolation, people who had never had smallpox were...
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    Who was the last person to get smallpox?
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  5. How smallpox claimed its final victim - BBC News

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-45101091

    WebAug 10, 2018 · In the summer of 1978, the last known case of smallpox was reported, claiming the life of 40-year-old medical photographer Janet …

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

      The earliest credible clinical evidence of smallpox is found in the descriptions of smallpox-like disease in medical writings from ancient India (as early as 1500 BCE), and China (1122 BCE), as well as a study of the Egyptian mummy of Ramses V, who died more than 3000 years ago (1145 BCE). It has been speculated that Egyptian traders brought smallpox to India during the 1st mille…

      • Causes: variola major virus, variola minor …
      • Symptoms: Early: Fever, vomiting, mouth …
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6967365

      WebOn 31 October 1977, the world's last known case of endemic smallpox was discovered in Merca, Somalia. The source of infection was quickly identified; 19 days previously, the …

      • Author: A. Deria, Z. Jezek, K. Markvart, P. Carrasco, J. Weisfeld
      • Publish Year: 1980
    • https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox

      WebThanks to the success of vaccination, the last natural outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949. In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally …

    • https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20210610/...

      WebJun 10, 2021 · Ali Maow Maalin was the last human to catch smallpox as the result of a natural infection. But he was not the last to be infected with variola. A year later, Ann …

    • https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/...

      WebDec 01, 2018 · The last case of smallpox Most of us alive today grew up in a world without smallpox; a world in which we only know of its existence through vaccination scars on the arms of older relatives, now vestiges of …

    • https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-covid-19...

      WebFeb 10, 2021 · 23-year-old Ali Maow Maalin of Merka town, Somalia, the last recorded case of the smallpox disease, in 1977. Credit: WHO /John F. Wickett Making history: global smallpox eradication campaign Ali’s …

    • Last U.S. Smallpox Outbreak Left Mental Scars on Witnesses

      https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-26-mn-18048-story.html

      WebDec 26, 2001 · Lillian Barber, then 43, was the only person to die in the last smallpox outbreak in the United States, which infected eight known victims in the Rio Grande …



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