small pox by https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6 small pox en-us 2016-10-04 16:56:12 UTC 2016-10-12 20:04:25 UTC hello@padlet.com small pox jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128256201 Thousands of years ago, variola virus (smallpox virus) emerged and began causing illness and deaths in human populations, with smallpox outbreaks occurring from time to time. ]]> 2016-10-04 16:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128256201 small pox jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128256466 Thanks to the success of vaccination, the last natural outbreak of smallpox in the United states occurred in 1949. ]]> 2016-10-04 16:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128256466 small pox jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128257868 In 1980, the World health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally occurring smallpox have happened since. ]]> 2016-10-04 17:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128257868 small pox jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128258979 Smallpox research in the United States continues and focuses on the development of vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tests to protect people against smallpox in the event that it is used as an agent of bio-terrorism.]]> 2016-10-04 17:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128258979 Signs and Symptoms jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128259625 A person with smallpox goes through several stages as the disease progresses. Each stage has its own signs and symptoms.]]> 2016-10-04 17:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128259625 signs and symptoms jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128260340
  • High fever
  • Head and body aches
  • Sometimes vomiting

    • ]]>     2016-10-04 17:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128260340     signs and symptoms jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128261051 A rash starts as small red spots on the tongue and in the mouth. These spots change into sores that break open and spread large amounts of the virus into the mouth and throat. The person continues to have a fever.]]> 2016-10-04 17:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128261051 signs and symptoms jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262170 Once the sores in the mouth start breaking down, a rash appears on the skin, starting on the face and spreading to the arms and legs, and then to the hands and feet. ]]> 2016-10-04 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262170 signs and symptoms jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262465 Usually, it spreads to all parts of the body within 24 hours. As this rash appears, the fever begins to decline, and the person may start to feel better.]]> 2016-10-04 17:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262465 signs and symptons  jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262927 By the fourth day, the skin sores fill with a thick, opaque fluid and often have a dent in the center.

    Once the skin sores fill with fluid, the fever may rise again and remain high until scabs form over the bumps.

    ]]>     2016-10-04 17:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/128262927     scabs jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/129589796 This stage lasts about 6 days.

    Contagious? Yes

    The scabs begin to fall off, leaving marks on the skin.

    Three weeks after the rash appears, most scabs will have fallen off.

    ]]>     2016-10-10 17:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/129589796     Rash and Scabs jacobridgell https://padlet.com/jacobridgell/sc7luga3ie6/wish/129590067 This stage lasts about 10 days.

    Contagious? Yes

    The sores become pustules (sharply raised, usually round and firm to the touch, like peas under the skin).

    After about 5 days, the pustules begin to form a crust and then scab.

    By the end of the second week after the rash appears, most of the sores have scabbed over.

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