A member asked:

Millions have been buried after a smallpox death. does that smallpox continue to be active and contagious?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Smallpox: The WHO announced worldwide eradication of smallpox on May 8, 1980. Smallpox has no animal reservoirs. So Smallpox would not return naturally.

Answered 10/7/2014

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