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    Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases in history, infecting 10-15 million people per year, but has been completely eradicated through worldwide vaccination programs. Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection that causes pink bumps, affecting around 8,000 cases per 100,000 people annually, especially children. Hantavirus was first discovered in 1993 during an outbreak in the southwestern US that killed two people with similar respiratory symptoms; as of 2020, 833 total hantavirus cases have been reported in the US since surveillance began.

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    Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases in history, infecting 10-15 million people per year, but has been completely eradicated through worldwide vaccination programs. Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection that causes pink bumps, affecting around 8,000 cases per 100,000 people annually, especially children. Hantavirus was first discovered in 1993 during an outbreak in the southwestern US that killed two people with similar respiratory symptoms; as of 2020, 833 total hantavirus cases have been reported in the US since surveillance began.

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    Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases in history, infecting 10-15 million people per year, but has been completely eradicated through worldwide vaccination programs. Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection that causes pink bumps, affecting around 8,000 cases per 100,000 people annually, especially children. Hantavirus was first discovered in 1993 during an outbreak in the southwestern US that killed two people with similar respiratory symptoms; as of 2020, 833 total hantavirus cases have been reported in the US since surveillance began.

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    Jocelyn Fernández Velasco

    Disease 1: Smallpox

    History: Smallpox is an extremely contagious and deadly virus for which there is no
    known cure. The last known case occurred in the United States in 1949 and due to
    worldwide vaccination programs, this disease has been completely eradicated.
    Smallpox is also known as variola.
    Since the time of ancient Egypt, smallpox has proven to be one of the most
    devastating diseases to humankind. Widespread smallpox epidemics and huge
    death tolls fill the pages of our history books.

    Occurrence: 10-15 million people were still being infected with smallpox every year
    while the chart on the reported cases below indicates only 132,000 for that same
    year.

    Disease 2: Molluscum Contagiosum

    History: Molluscum contagiosum virus causes a benign viral infection that is largely
    (if not exclusively) a disease of humans. Molluscum contagiosum virus causes
    characteristic skin lesions consisting of single or, more often, multiple, rounded,
    dome-shaped, pink, waxy papules that are 2-5 mm (rarely up to 1.5 cm in the case of
    a giant molluscum) in diameter. The papules, or bumps, are umbilicated and contain
    a caseous plug. Although treatment is not required, it may help to reduce
    autoinoculation or transmission to close contacts and improve clinical appearance.
    Intervention may also be indicated if lesions persist.

    Occurrence: The prevalence of molluscum contagiosum is estimated to be around


    8000 cases per 100,000 annually. Molluscum contagiosum is a common disease that
    tends to affect children and immunocompromised adults. Among children, boys and
    girls are affected equally by molluscum contagiosum.

    Disease 2: Hantavirus
    History: In May 1993, an outbreak of an unexplained pulmonary illness occurred in
    the southwestern United States, in an area shared by Arizona, New Mexico,
    Colorado and Utah known as “The Four Corners”. A young, physically fit Navajo man
    suffering from shortness of breath was rushed to a hospital in New Mexico and died
    very rapidly,while reviewing the results of the case, medical personnel discovered
    that the young man’s fiancée had died a few days before after showing similar
    symptoms, a piece of information that proved key to discovering the disease.

    Occurrence: As of the end of 2020, 833 cases of hantavirus disease were reported in
    the United States since surveillance began in 1993. These were all
    laboratory-confirmed cases and included HPS and non-pulmonary hantavirus
    infection.

    References:
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    Treatment [online]. MedicineNet Available : Molluscum Contagiosum: Symptoms, Stages,
    Home Remedies & Treatment (medicinenet.com)

    Healthline. (2018). Viral Diseases: List of Types & Contagiousness, Treatment, Preven.

    [online] Available at: Molluscum Contagiosum: Background, Etiology, Epidemiology

    (medscape.com)

    Healthline. (2021). Viral Gastroenteritis (Stomach Flu): Symptoms and Treatment. [online]

    Available at: Viral Gastroenteritis (Stomach Flu): Symptoms and Treatment (healthline.com)

    CDC. (2019). CDC - History of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - Hantavirus. [online]

    Available at: CDC - History of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - Hantavirus

    www.cdc.gov. (2020). Reported Cases of Hantavirus Disease | Hantavirus | DHCPP | CDC.

    [online] Available at: Reported Cases of Hantavirus Disease | Hantavirus | DHCPP | CDC

    World Health Organization (2022). Smallpox. [online] www.who.int. Available at:

    https://www.who.int/health-topics/smallpox#tab=tab_1.

    Ochmann, S. and Roser, M. (2018). Smallpox. [online] Our World in Data. Available at:

    https://ourworldindata.org/smallpox.

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