Back الجدرى اليوجوسلافى 1972 ARZ Brot de verola a Iugoslàvia del 1972 Catalan Epidemia de viruela de Yugoslavia en 1972 Spanish Épidémie de variole de 1972 en Yougoslavie French Epidemija velikih boginja u Jugoslaviji 1972. Croatian Епидемија на големи сипаници во Југославија, 1972 Macedonian Pokkenepidemie van 1972 in Joegoslavië Dutch Surto de varíola na Iugoslávia de 1972 Portuguese Epidemija velikih boginja u Jugoslaviji 1972. Serbo-Croatian Epidemia e Variola Verës në Kosovë Albanian
| 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak | |
|---|---|
 Field physicians checking an immunization reaction in a man during a smallpox epidemic, Kosovo, 1972 | |
| Disease | Smallpox |
| Virus strain | Variola |
| Location | SAP Kosovo and Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Index case | A Muslim pilgrim from SAP Kosovo |
| Dates | 16 February - 11 April 1972[1] |
| Confirmed cases | 175[1] |
Deaths | 35[1] |
The 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak was the largest outbreak of smallpox in Europe after the Second World War.[1] It was centered in SAP Kosovo, a province of Serbia within Yugoslavia, and the capital city of Belgrade. A Kosovar Albanian 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, killing 35. The epidemic was efficiently contained by enforced quarantine and mass vaccination. The 1982 film Variola Vera is based on the event.[2]
- ^ a b c d Ilic, Irena; Ilic, Milena (11 April 2022). "Historical review: Towards the 50th anniversary of the last major smallpox outbreak (Yugoslavia, 1972)". Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 48: 102327. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102327. ISSN 1873-0442. PMID 35421599.
- ^ Markovic, Goran (1982-07-09), Variola Vera, Rade Serbedzija, Erland Josephson, Dusica Zegarac, retrieved 2017-12-18