The Rise and Fall of Modern Plagues

Molecular Frontiers Journal

卷:4

G. Terry Sharrer¹ 

[1] Curator of Health Sciences, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA;

关键词: pandemic;    smallpox;    covid-19;    vaccinia;    sars-cov-2;    epidemiology;    eradication;    containment;   

DOI  :  10.1142/S2529732520400015

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Millennia separate smallpox, the oldest pandemic, and COVID-19, the newest. Both calamities arose from an opportunistic virus amid human crowding. A vaccine for smallpox existed since the late 18th century, but it took worldwide public health strategy to eradicate it. COVID-19 proceeds against a hive of scientific collaboration, but succeeds, so far, from weak containment policies. COVID-19 was first identified in China, but it rose to become the American pandemic.

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