SmallpoxIn prehistoric times, until 1000 AD, this disease was not very known to people, but it is said that it was found on an Egyptian pharaoh Ramses. V mother died in 1157 BC (Henderson, Fenner, Arita, Ladnyi, 1988 p 209-210). There were signs of rash of pustules and rashes that were observed on the mummy, similar to the description of a smallpox virus. Part of the idea of ​​the origin of this disease is unknown and the origin of this disease is not at all clear. This disease, known to be contagious and sometimes fatal, is called smallpox. Early civilization believed that smallpox originated in Africa and quickly spread throughout the world, such as China and India (Fenn, 2003). Smallpox is a serious, sometimes fatal disease caused by a smallpox virus, a member of the orthopox virus. family, variola virus, also known as variola major, is the most common severe clinical form of smallpox, known to cause a widespread rash and high fever. Forms of this disease represent a mortality rate of 30% (CDC, 2003: smallpox). There are four types of variola major, from the most common to the most deadly. These four types are ordinary, which is the most common and create a discreet, modified (mild) rash and can sometimes be confused with chickenpox, flat and hemorrhagic, rare and very serious for the human population, which causes internal bleeding of the skin. Unlike other types of variola major, this type tends to give people smooth skin and mainly affects adults. Another clinical form of smallpox is smallpox minor, less common and less serious with only 1% of historical deaths (CDC, 2003: smallpox). The word pox in variola... middle of paper ... intact by 1900, 34% of all children had been vaccinated. Britain quickly abandoned the idea of ​​vaccination because fewer people were becoming infected with smallpox. It was a difficult process to undertake the various acts of vaccination due to the increase in health measures to help control smallpox. By the 20th century, a milder smallpox, called variola minor, had appeared in Britain, but caused only about 1% of deaths. In 1973, an outbreak reportedly occurred in the laboratory, killing two people. Soon, the World Health Organization launched a campaign in 1967, when there were approximately 10 to 15 million cases per year, to eradicate smallpox globally (Baxby, 1999). Smallpox was a way to eliminate people who were vaccinated and immune to the disease from the world. The strategy of this method made it possible to eradicate smallpox, which kept the disease at bay..