Changes: Comparison to Smallpox (Papatlaca)

Latest revision as of 01:23, 21 October 2012

	Papatlaca	Smallpox
Cause	Virus	Virus
Incubation Time	21 days	15 days
Transmission & When contagious	droplet infection (spread though coughing) Spreads early during infection	droplet infection or contact Spreads late during infection: When pustules form in mouth or cheeks and spread though coughing.
Symptoms	Uncontrollable shaking, starting with hands and feet but moving to the entire body; fever and chills; severe diarrhea; also sometime temporary blindness and delirium.	Rash followed by pustules a few days later, usually starting at the head or wrists; fever; Vomiting; diarrhea; also sometimes excessive bleeding and delirium.
Common long term effect for survivors	In rare cases there is permanent nerve damage or madness	Scars from pustules. Possible blindness or joint damage.
Variations and mortality	conetl papatlaca: Kills less than 1% papatlaca: Kills 20% cueponi papatlaca: Kills 90%	alastrim: Kills less than 1% smallpox: Kills 25% haemorrhagic, purpuric or confluent smallpox: kills 100%
Cause of death	dehydration, suffocation	haemorrhages, pneumonia

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Comparison to Smallpox Treatment Technologies Adopted

In general papatlaca is more infectious but less lethal than smallpox. Both diseases are less infectious than chicken-pox or influenza. These sort of diseases often originate from human contact with animals (cows, chickens, monkeys, &C.) The animals do not have to be domesticated. The *fact* that papatlaca first appeared during the Mayan famine leads to speculation that such an animal was contacted when Mayan foraging range was increased.

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-In general papatlaca is more infectious but less lethal than smallpox. Both diseases are less infectious than chicken-pox or influenza. These sort of diseases often originate from human contact with animals (cows, chickens, monkeys, &C.) The animals do not have to be domesticated. The *fact* that papatlaca first appeared during the Mayan famine leads to speculation that such an animal was contacted when Mayan foraging range was increased.
+In general papatlaca is more infectious but less lethal than smallpox. Both diseases are less infectious than chicken-pox or influenza. These sort of diseases often originate from human contact with animals (cows, chickens, monkeys, &C.) The animals do not have to be domesticated. The *fact* that papatlaca first appeared during the Mayan famine leads to speculation that such an animal was contacted when Mayan foraging range was increased.
+See also {{papatlaca|treatment}} of papatlaca.
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