17<sup>th</sup> Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox.

AT, Duggan; MF, Perdomo; D, Piombino-Mascali; S, Marciniak; D, Poinar; MV, Emery; JP, Buchmann; S, Duchêne; R, Jankauskas; M, Humphreys; GB, Golding; J, Southon; A, Devault; JM, Rouillard; JW, Sahl; O, Dutour; K, Hedman; A, Sajantila; GL, Smith; EC, Holmes; HN, Poinar

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.061

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17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox.

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Duggan AT

Perdomo MF

Piombino-Mascali D

Abstract

Smallpox holds a unique position in the history of medicine. It was the first disease for which a vaccine was developed and remains the only human disease eradicated by vaccination. Although there have been claims of smallpox in Egypt, India, and China dating back millennia [1-4], the timescale of e...

Subject

Evolution

Phylogeny

Ancient DNA

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