HLTB21H3 : Tutorial Activity 6
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The lack of a reliable treatment for smallpox hindered settlement of north america by the. The family name of the smallpox virus is poxviridae. (t rue) The royal experiment began with princess caroline inoculating her children amelia and. Caroline to promote the practice of variolation as a means to control smallpox infection. (false) The case mortality rate of variola major in na ve populations is low. (false) The smallpox vaccine provided acquired immunity to smallpox. (t rue) The chinese performed variolation by taking material from a ripe pustule and rubbing it into a scratch in one of the extremities of a non-immune person. (false) Smallpox skin scabs are found on the healing pustules of smallpox sufferers and do not spread infection. (false) Two main advantages of the use of vaccination over variolation are that the recipient of the vaccine is not infectious and the mortality rate is much lower in vaccination. (t rue)