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Smallpox in the new world

Describes the history of smallpox in the Americas, covering the arrival of the Spanish as carriers, its spread throughout the New World, the development of the smallpox vaccine, the elimination of the disease, and its potential use as a terrorist weapon
Print Book, English, ©2005
Benchmark Books, New York, ©2005
Series
ix, 69 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
9780761416371, 0761416374
229278432
What is smallpox?
Smallpox conquers Mexico and South America
Smallpox erupts in North America
Smallpox attacked
The beginning of the end of smallpox