Concept information
Preferred term
smallpox and war
Definition
- 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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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/smallpox_and_war
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