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1953 Japan Flood vs 1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic 1519-1520

1953 Japan Flood
1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic 1519-1520
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1953 Japan Flood

Total costsN/A
Deaths 2566
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1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic 1519-1520

Total costsN/A
Deaths 8000000

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The history of smallpox in Mexico spans approximately 500 years from the arrival of the Spanish to the official eradication in 1951. It was brought to Mexico by those in Spanish ships, then spread to the center of Mexico, where it became a significant factor in the fall of Tenochtitlan. During the colonial period, there were major epidemic outbreaks which led to the implementation of sanitary and preventive policy. The introduction of smallpox vaccination in New Spain by Francisco Javier de Balmis and the work of Ignacio Bartolache reduced the mortality and morbidity of the disease.

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