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Smallpox: The Plague That Humanity Defeated
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History, the Rise and Fall of smallpox
Edward Jenner
In Our Time on inoculation
Cowpox or horsepox?
Smallpox and the Aztecs
Fall of the Inca Empire
Smallpox and Native Americans
Infected blankets
Smallpox in labs today
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Antonine Plague
Plague of Athens
Smallpox in the Hittite Empire
Does smallpox actually only date from the 16th Century?
1978 Birmingham outbreak
Notes on wiping out Guinea Worm
Notes on malaria eradication
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