391. People become infected with schistosomiasis when bathing and washing in irrigation canals Subject(s): WomenWorld Health Organization
392. Field workers whose bare hands come in contact with the water of infected streams are required to rinse their skin with alcohol immediately Subject(s): World Health Organization
393. One of several cases found in Zaire in 1970 which the Moscow laboratory was able to diagnose as monkeypox in humans Publication: 1970 Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
394. In Africa, eradication campaign was accomplished by a kind of cooperation that transcended all language barriers and local traditions Subject(s): World Health Organization
395. This was smallpox. The world will never again witness the suffering that was caused by the various virus Subject(s): World Health Organization
396. Positive reactions from two vaccinations leave visible scars on the arm of a little boy in Bangladesh. They are his guarentee against a diease which might otherwise have killed or blinked him Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
397. The last case of smallpox on the Asian sub-continent, discovered on 16 October 1975, was a little girl living in Bangladesh. This was also the last known case of the more virulent form of smallpo, variola major Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
398. Filling the vaccine bottles before freeze-drying, one of the final steps in smallpox vaccine production. The freeze-drying process ensures stability of the vaccine at any temperature Subject(s): Smallpox VaccineWorld Health Organization
399. Those who survived smallpox carried scars for the rest of their lives. Surveys of such pockmarks helped determine when the diease has lost occured in a certain area Subject(s): World Health Organization
400. [Shitala Mata, Indian goddess of smallpox] Subject(s): Religion and MedicineWorld Health Organization