Human Disease and Society



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|Human Disease and Society |

|Assignment 3 – Small pox – past, present, and future? |

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|The host for the small pox virus is ________________. Why is this relevant to eliminating the disease from the world? |

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|How is this disease most often transmitted? |

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|How did small pox coupled with the invasion of Cortez impact the culture of the Yucatan and Mexico? Support your answer. WE |

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|Reviewers comments: |

|How would you characterize the impact of this disease on world history and why? |

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|How would you describe the actions of British commander, Sir Geoffrey Amherst, in the war between England and France in 1763? |

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|What were the 2 basic techniques used for variolation? |

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|Where does the term vaccine come from? |

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|What was used as the initial vaccinating agent against small pox? _____________ What particular advantage did this have? |

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|What person had the biggest impact in developing a vaccine for small pox? How would you describe his character? |

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|What was the basis of some people’s opposition to vaccination early on? WE |

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|What were some of the obstacles that WHO encountered in their efforts to eliminate small pox? |

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|What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining a supply of smallpox virus? |

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