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What is varicella?
Another name for chickenpox.
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What is the 19th century?
Vaccines against rabies, typhoid, cholera, and plague were developed late in this century.
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What is mumps?
A viral infection that that primarily affects the parotid glands and usually spreads through saliva.
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What is 1979?
The last documented indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus in the United States occurred in this year.
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What is smallpox?
This disease has been eradicated thanks to vaccines.
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What is 1796?
The first smallpox vaccine was developed in this year.
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What is rubeola?
Another name for measles.
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What is 1906?
The Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed in this year.
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What is measles?
Consider this highly infectious disease in patients with a fever, rash, and cough, coryza and conjunctivitis.
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