Reminescences

Variolisation in the Belovar-Križevci County from 1887 to 1907 – a hystorical overview

Dubravko Habek ; Klinika za ginekologiju i porodništvo, KB "Sv. Duh" i Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana-Marija Mušlek ; Visoka tehnčka škola Bjelovar, Bjelovar, Hrvatska

Abstract

This historical overview shows the state of vaccination against smallpox in the Belovar-Križevci County at the turn of the 19th / 20th century. A high immunization coverage and effectiveness of vaccination in young children was recorded, aimed at reducing the high morbidity and mortality from these diseases threatening public health by following strict uniform regulations throughout the Habsburg Empire to which these areas belonged to.

Keywords

Smallpox; immunization-variolation

Hrčak ID:

133446

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/133446

Publication date:

31.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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