In this world many types of diseases. And among the diseases that there are some dangerous disease. Even lead to a lot of people died because of the disease. But do you know what the disease was once considered the most dangerous in the world. Here's a dangerous disease in the world:
Smallpox
Have you ever heard of smallpox ??? Smallpox is a disease that is contagious and dangerous in his time for humans , the disease is caused by either of two virus variants , Variola major and Variola is minor . The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera , which is a derivative of the Latin varius , meaning look , or varus , meaning " pimple " . The term " smallpox " was first used in Europe in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the " great pox " ( syphilis ) .
Smallpox disease usually progresses through small blood vessels in the skin , in the mouth and throat . In the skin , will produce a typical maculopapular rash , and then , produces blisters filled with fluid . Variola major produces a more serious disease and has an overall mortality rate of 30-35 % . Variola minor causes a mild form of the disease ( also known as alastrim , cottonpox , milkpox , whitepox , and Cuban itch ) which kills about 1 % of the victims. Variola major causes major infectious complications including scar characteristics , usually on the face , which occurs in 65-85 % of the victims. Blindness due to ulceration and scarring of the cornea , and limb defects caused by arthritis and osteomyelitis are less common complications , seen in about 2-5 % of cases .
Smallpox is believed to have appeared around 10,000 BC century . This disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans every year during the 18th century ( including the five kings ) , and is responsible for one third of all blindness . Of those infected , 20-60 % -and more than 80 % of.
During the 20th century , it is estimated that smallpox is responsible for 300-500 million deaths . In the early 1950s an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox occurred in the world each year . As recently as 1967 , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that 15 million people contracted the disease and that two million died in that year . After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries , the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in December 1979. To this day , smallpox is the only human infectious diseases have been eradicated.
