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Smallpox Declared Eradicated After Long Global Fight
The variola major virus is now probably extinct with remaining samples secured in laboratories. Variola minor had rare recent Somali cases but none now. Led by Henderson of Johns Hopkins, WHO credits eradication to a 1967 push and tracking cases across Bhola, Mogadishu, and other sites. The last known case was in 197% and the last death a Somali child in October.
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WHO
Somalia
Donald A. Henderson
Henderson
School of Public Health and Hygiene
Johns Hopkins University
International Board of Scientists
Dacca
Bangladesh
Rahima Banu
Kuralia
Bhola
Ganges Delta