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Ali Maow Maalin was the last person to have naturally acquired smallpox

Maalin was a hospital cook in Merca, Somalia. On October 12,...
Charismatic prole
  10/11/26


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Date: October 11th, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: Charismatic prole

Maalin was a hospital cook in Merca, Somalia. On October 12, 1977, he rode with two smallpox patients in a vehicle from the hospital to the local smallpox office. On October 22, he developed a fever. At first healthcare workers diagnosed him with malaria, and then chickenpox. The smallpox eradication staff then correctly diagnosed him with smallpox on October 30. Maalin was isolated and made a full recovery. Maalin died of malaria on July 22, 2013, while working in the polio eradication campaign.

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