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This 1969 photograph, taken in Dekina, Nigeria, showed the palms of a male smallpox sufferer that displayed lesions due to this viral disease. During the Nigerian-Biafran war, members of the CDC refugee relief team investigated the possibility of a smallpox outbreak in Dekina, which was located north of the Nigerian refugee camps. It was here, that CDC’s Dr. Lyle Conrad, confirmed that patients were infected with smallpox, and the CDC staff was able to contain the virus, and treat many of the victims.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Lyle Conrad
Creation Date: 1969
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.