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Vaccine threatened the papal herds
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Africa was spared
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With the exception of a brief, contained outbreak in Brazil
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The modern eradication campaign began
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African buffalo increased
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African cattle stared to be vaccinated
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The disease was still leaping water barriers
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Smallpox eradication boosted morale, Dr. Atang said, a second effort was mounted
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Followed by a third
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Officials waited 10 years to declare success, since surveillance is harder with animal diseases because usually dying animals would just be left behind instead of taking them to a veterinarian.