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has gloss | eng: The 1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia was the last major outbreak of smallpox in Europe. It was centred in Kosovo and Belgrade, Serbia (both then part of SFR Yugoslavia). A Muslim pilgrim had contracted the smallpox virus in the Middle East. Upon returning to his home in Kosovo, he started the epidemic in which 175 people were infected, 35 of whom died. The epidemic was efficiently contained by enforced quarantine and mass vaccination. The 1982 film Variola Vera is based on the event. |
lexicalization | eng: 1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia |
instance of | (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time epidemic |
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has gloss | hrv: Prema ovom događaju je snimljen film Variola vera. |
lexicalization | hrv: Epidemija velikih boginja u Jugoslaviji 1972. |
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has gloss | nld: De pokkenepidemie van 1972 in Joegoslavië was de laatste epidemie van wilde pokken die zich in Europa voordeed. De ziekte was naar Joegoslavië gebracht door een Kosovaarse moslim die de ziekte gedurende een reis naar Mekka en Irak had opgelopen. Door een stringent vaccinatie- en quarantainebeleid wist de Joegoslavisch overheid de ziekte binnen de perken te houden. 175 personen raakten besmet, waarvan 35 overleden aan de ziekte. |
lexicalization | nld: Pokkenepidemie van 1972 in Joegoslavië |
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media:img | Smallpox PHIL 2003 lores.jpg |
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