This smallpox history website will be expanded over the coming months – we intend to carry out major updates twice a year and, therefore, new entries can be put up pretty quickly.
We welcome short articles (750-1500 words) on work dealing with other national, regional and inter-national contexts, which will be posted on web pages dedicated to different continents. Contributors are welcome to send in images, along with the appropriate copyright clearance for their use (we are unable to subsidise the costs of the use of such images). Contributors should also feel free to provide lists of their most important work, including web links to online articles, as we hope to develop this website as a useful research resource for historians. The Wellcome Trust Centre retains the right to reject contributions, if the content is deemed to be inappropriate; the website managers will also retain the right to edit contributions (all editing will be done in consultation with the contributors).

Mr. John Wickett, of the World Health Organization, with the last person to have contracted – and survived – naturally occurring smallpox in Somalia (1977), courtesy Mr. John Wickett.

Potential contributors are encouraged to write to Dr. Sanjoy Bhattacharya at(smallpoxhistory@ucl.ac.uk) with the write up, and affiliation and contact details – we look forward to having you as part of this interesting website project!

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