Rinderpest
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Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic water buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including gaurs, buffalo, bison, antelope, deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and
Rinderpest Virus
A cow with rinderpest in the "milk fever" position, 1982
God's Punishment on the Netherlands through the Cattle Plague, 1745 by Jan Smit
Veterinary report on the cattle plague, 1865–1867, Great Britain (Wellcome L0002361)
The eradication of infectious diseases is the reduction of the prevalence of an infectious disease in the global host population to zero.
Rinderpest
…rinderpest around the 6th century BC, coinciding with the first human settlements large enough to sustain endemic measles transmission. After a global eradication campaign that began in the mid-20th century, the last confirmed case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2001. In 2010, the United Nations Food and Agriculture…
A child with smallpox, 1896. In 1980, the World Health Organization announced the global eradication of smallpox. It is the only human disease to be eradicated worldwide.
Boy with smallpox (1969)
"Yaws elimination in India – a step towards eradication"
From 1962