Smallpox first arrived in England in the 16th century. Symptoms include fever and skin-eruptions. If patients recovered they suffered permanent scaring of the skin. In the 18th century smallpox was responsible for more than 10% of all deaths. About 15% of people who caught smallpox died of...
The initial symptoms were similar to other viral diseases that are still extant, such as influenza and the common cold: fever of at least 38.3 °C (101 °F), muscle pain, malaise, headache and fatigue. As the digestive tract was commonly involved, nausea, vomiting, and backache often occu...
32 During the brief outbreak in the midwestern US in 2003 and propagated by a pet prairie dog, another 6-year-old girl had prodromal symptoms of headache, fever, and malaise, with a rash 2 days later. Seven days after initial symptoms, she developed decreased responsiveness, rigidity, ...
Pulmonary form of smallpox - Characterized by severe symptoms, cyanosis, and bilateral infiltrates; has been described in individuals with little or no smallpox immunity; the mortality rate of this type is undetermined Pharyngeal form of smallpox - Develops in immunized individuals; this form present...
systems and mechanisms for identifying and responding to cases were established[9]. Smallpox had the advantage over other diseases because symptoms were well recognized and communities and individuals could be called upon to report cases. This allowed for innovative approaches such as providing rewards...
Against the diagnosis of epidemic typhus is the lack of upper respiratory symptoms, particularly the runny nose, sneezing, foul breath, and dry cough. The internal sensation of heat would be unusual in epidemic typhus. Diarrhea is not part of the clinical syndrome, nor is death by exhaustion....