Smallpox vaccination: risks, history, eradication

Brief overview Description: Vaccine protection against the human smallpox virus variola, but also against the related monkeypox. Today, lower-risk vaccine made from non-replicable live viruses. Compulsory smallpox vaccination: First compulsory smallpox vaccination in Bavaria in 1807 against sometimes strong resistance from the population. General compulsory vaccination from the German Empire in 1875 to the Federal … Smallpox vaccination: risks, history, eradication