TY - BOOK AU - Peters,Stephanie True TI - Epidemic!: smallpox in the new world SN - 0761416374 AV - RA 644.S6 .P442 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Benchmark Books KW - Smallpox KW - America KW - Juvenile literature KW - Diseases N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is smallpox? -- Smallpox conquers Mexico and South America -- Smallpox erupts in North America -- Smallpox attacked -- The beginning of the end of smallpox N2 - Describes the history of smallpox in the Americas, covering the arrival of the Spanish as carriers, its spread throughout the New World, the development of the smallpox vaccine, the elimination of the disease, and its potential use as a terrorist weapon ER -