1967 John Noble, Jr., This 1967 photograph depicts Smallpox Eradication Program, microbiologist/virologist, Nathaniel Rothstein seated at left, while he was observing a laboratory technician, as she was testing newly-processed smallpox vaccine vials, which contained freshly-processed freeze-dried, or lyophilized, vaccine. This lab was located in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria known as Yaba, during that country’s smallpox immunization campaign of the 1960s and 1970s. Smallpox outbreaks have occurred from time to time for thousands of years, but the disease is now eradicated after a successfu
1967 John Noble, Jr., This 1967 photograph depicts Smallpox Eradication Program, microbiologist/virologist, Nathaniel Rothstein seated at left, while he was observing a laboratory technician, as she was testing newly-processed smallpox vaccine vials, which contained freshly-processed freeze-dried, or lyophilized, vaccine. This lab was located in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria known as Yaba, during that country’s smallpox immunization campaign of the 1960s and 1970s. Smallpox outbreaks have occurred from time to time for thousands of years, but the disease is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program. The last case of smallpox in the United States was in 1949. The last naturally occurring case in the world was in Somalia in 1977. After the disease was eliminated from the world, routine vaccination against smallpox among the general public was stopped because it was no longer necessary for prevention.
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