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Assignment 3 – Small pox – past, present, and future?
1. The host for the small pox virus is ________________.
disease from the world?
Why is this relevant to eliminating the
2. How is this disease most often transmitted?
3. 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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4. How would you characterize the impact of this disease on world history and why?
5. How would you describe the actions of British commander, Sir Geoffrey Amherst, in the war between
England and France in 1763?
6. What were the 2 basic techniques used for variolation?
7. Where does the term vaccine come from?
8. What was used as the initial vaccinating agent against small pox? _____________ What particular
advantage did this have?
9. What person had the biggest impact in developing a vaccine for small pox? How would you describe
his character?
10. What was the basis of some people’s opposition to vaccination early on? WE
11. What were some of the obstacles that WHO encountered in their efforts to eliminate small pox?
12. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining a supply of smallpox virus?