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I need to know

a) Where the smallpox epidemic first occured.

b) When the smallpox epidemic first occured.

c) How many people were infected in at least a 5-10 year span.

i've looked EVERYWHERE on the internet and have came up with no answers, if anyone finds any websites displaying this information i'd be GREATLY appreciated if you'd send the links my way.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The smallpox epedemic originated in the Eurasian area. You can also date it back to the plague of Athens around 430 bc. The earliest date is unknown, but said to be before 430 bc.  In the 1770's, 30% of the west coast native americans died.  In 1674, half of the cherokee tribe died of smallpox. From 1617-1619, 90% of the massachusetts bay indians died. Smallpox is a devestating plague that still affects many today

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

Answer 3

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Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

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Answer 5

It is important to note that, although historical epidemics and pandemics are believed by some historians to have been early outbreaks of smallpox, contemporary records are not detailed enough to make a definite diagnosis at this distance.[28]

The Plague of Athens devastated the city of Athens in 430 BC, killing around a third of the population, according to Thucydides. Historians have long considered this an example of bubonic plague, but more recent examination of the reported symptoms led some scholars to believe the cause may have been measles, smallpox, typhus, or a viral hemorrhagic fever (like Ebola).

The Antonine Plague that swept through the Roman Empire and Italy in 165–180 is also thought to be either smallpox or measles.[50][28] A second major outbreak of disease in the Empire, known as the Plague of Cyprian (251–266), was also either smallpox or measles.

The next major epidemic believed to be smallpox occurred in India. The exact date is unknown. Around 400 AD, an Indian medical book recorded a disease marked by pustules and boils, saying "the pustules are red, yellow, and white and they are accompanied by burning pain … the skin seems studded with grains of rice." The Indian epidemic was thought to be punishment from a god, and the survivors created a goddess, Sitala, as the anthropomorphic personification of the disease.[51][52][53] Smallpox was thus regarded as possession by Sitala. In Hinduism the goddess Sitala both causes and cures high fever, rashes, hot flashes and pustules. All of these are symptoms of smallpox.

Smallpox did not definitively enter Western Europe until about 581 when Bishop Gregory of Tours provided an eyewitness account that describes the characteristic findings of smallpox.[28] Most of the details about the epidemic that followed are lost, probably due to the scarcity of surviving written records of early medieval society.

Smallpox was a leading cause of death in the 18th century. It killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year in the 18th century, including five reigning European monarchs.[54] Most people became infected during their lifetimes, and about 30% of people infected with smallpox died from the disease.[55]

The Franco-Prussian War triggered a smallpox pandemic of 1870-1875 that claimed 500,000 lives.