Measles (apr 28, 900 – feb 20, 2018)
Description:
-Has killed over 200 million people
-One of the most contagious diseases with an R0 of 12-18
-First described in around 900AD
-Airborne disease
-Virus was first identified in 1954
-Safe and effective vaccine was developed in the early 1960s
-Showed the need for herd immunity
-Had devastating effects on the native Americans because they had no pervious exposure of immunity towards it
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Alex Wang Diseases in History Timeline
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