“We have identified a limited number of widely known organisms that could cause disease and deaths in sufficient numbers to cripple a city or region. Smallpox is one of the most serious of these ...

The remarkable “bush-telegraph” would have immediately alerted Samburu tribes-people of our arrival in their vicinity. The speedy word-of-mouth system had already spread news throughout northern Kenya ...

It is the first time we can trace these early smallpox viruses and compare their genomes and mutations and see how the disease evolved over time," says Eske Willerslev. Catalogue of Mutations Even ...

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until ...

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat ...

Researchers analyzed the genomes of virus fragments found on smallpox vaccination kits used during the Civil War. The kits are housed at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Namrata Ganneri receives funding from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) to research the history of the Indian Smallpox Eradication Programme. She is based at the Centre for Global Health ...