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smallpox and war  

Definition(s)

  • For centuries, smallpox, or variola major, ravaged Asia, Africa, and Europe. However, successive epidemics left people from those places with a degree of immunity to the disease. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Smallpox and War]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G335ZLJW-0

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