Last Smallpox Case on Earth

Shown here in her mother's arms, 3 year old Rahima Banu was the world's last recorded case of the most virulent form of smallpox, Variola major. This image was captured in the village of Kuralia, on Bhola Island, in the Barisal District of Bangladesh, on October 16th, 1975. Image courtesy CDC, 1975. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
Shown here in her mother's arms, 3 year old Rahima Banu was the world's last recorded case of the most virulent form of smallpox, Variola major. This image was captured in the village of Kuralia, on Bhola Island, in the Barisal District of Bangladesh, on October 16th, 1975. Image courtesy CDC, 1975. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
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