An Early American Smallpox Vaccine Based on Horsepox

To the Editor: Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980 thanks to the use of the vaccine initially developed by Edward Jenner in 1798. Since that time, it has generally been assumed that the smallpox vaccine is based on cowpox virus, even though it has been known since the late 1930s that the virus…

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