Virus found in child mummy could rewrite smallpox history: study
- 09-Dec-2016
WASHINGTON: The discovery of smallpox DNA in a 17th-century child mummy may shorten the timeline of the deadly infectious disease’s history, according to a study published Thursday. Specimens of the smallpox-causing variola virus now exist only in secured laboratory freezers. The highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease was finally eradicated in the late 1970s through […]