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'''Ali Maow Maalin''' was the last person in the world known to be infected with naturally occurring [[smallpox]]. At age 23, Maalin was a cook at the hospital in the town of [[Merca]], [[Somalia]], as well as an occasional vaccinator for a [[World Health Organization]] smallpox eradication team. In October 1977, he went out to meet two children with smallpox symptoms being brought in from an outlying village. On [[26 October]] [[1977]], he was diagnosed with an infection of the |
'''Ali Maow Maalin''' was the last person in the world known to be infected with naturally occurring [[smallpox]]. At age 23, Maalin was a cook at the hospital in the town of [[Merca]], [[Somalia]], as well as an occasional vaccinator for a [[World Health Organization]] smallpox eradication team. In October 1977, he went out to meet two children with smallpox symptoms being brought in from an outlying village. On [[26 October]] [[1977]], he was diagnosed with an infection of [[alastrim]], the [[Variola minor]] strain of smallpox. Maalin had previously received the [[smallpox vaccine]] but was apparently not successfully vaccinated. He subsequently recovered. |
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Maalin volunteered in the successful effort to eradicate [[polio]] in Somalia in 2008.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7312603.stm "War-torn Somalia eradicates polio"], [[BBC News]], [[25 March]] [[2008]]</ref> |
Maalin volunteered in the successful effort to eradicate [[polio]] in Somalia in 2008.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7312603.stm "War-torn Somalia eradicates polio"], [[BBC News]], [[25 March]] [[2008]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:25, 17 September 2009
Ali Maow Maalin was the last person in the world known to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox. At age 23, Maalin was a cook at the hospital in the town of Merca, Somalia, as well as an occasional vaccinator for a World Health Organization smallpox eradication team. In October 1977, he went out to meet two children with smallpox symptoms being brought in from an outlying village. On 26 October 1977, he was diagnosed with an infection of alastrim, the Variola minor strain of smallpox. Maalin had previously received the smallpox vaccine but was apparently not successfully vaccinated. He subsequently recovered.
Maalin volunteered in the successful effort to eradicate polio in Somalia in 2008.[1]
See also
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External links
- The End of Smallpox: Part II - The Last Case, PBS Rx for Survival, streaming video
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