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| Keywords: 1969 upper volta c.png en From 1969 this photograph which was captured in the West African village of Gani in the country formerly known as the Upper Volta but is now known as Burkina Faso depicts a Ganian mother holding her child both of whom displayed the characteristic maculopapular rash of smallpox Smallpox is a serious contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease There is no specific treatment for smallpox disease and the only prevention is vaccination The pox part of smallpox is derived from the Latin word for spotted and refers to the raised bumps that appear on the face and body of an infected person There are two clinical forms of smallpox Variola major is the severe and most common form of smallpox with a more extensive rash and higher fever There are four types of variola major smallpox ordinary the most frequent type accounting for 90 or more of cases ; modified mild and occurring in previously vaccinated persons ; flat; and hemorrhagic both rare and very severe Historically variola major has an overall fatality rate of about 30 ; however flat and hemorrhagic smallpox usually are fatal Variola minor is a less common presentation of smallpox and a much less severe disease with death rates historically of 1 or less 1969 CDC http //phil cdc gov/phil/details asp CDC/ Dr Robinson 1968 and Dr Robert Newman 2001 other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Smallpox Burkina Faso in the 1960s Health in Burkina Faso Images from the CDC Public Health Image Library | ||||
