Citation Information
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Title
Smallpox
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Author
Peter McCandless
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Keywords
An acute, highly contagious viral disease, smallpox was a major threat in South Carolina from the late seventeenth century until the late nineteenth century, effectively eradicated by 1977 through a combination of vaccination and isolation of those infected, No cure was ever discovered, state did not make vaccination compulsory until 1905,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/smallpox/view/images
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Access Date
November 21, 2024
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 23, 2022
