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1978年,英国伯明翰出现天花疫情,伯明翰大学医学摄影师珍妮特·帕克()于8月确诊感染天花,9月11日不治身亡,成为历史记录中最后一位死于天花的人。The 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom claimed the life of Janet Parker (1938–1978), a British medical photographer, who became the last recorded person to die from smallpox.
帕克的母亲希尔达·威特科姆亦感染天花,最终痊愈。Her illness and death, which was connected to the deaths of two other people, led to an official government inquiry and triggered radical changes in how dangerous pathogens were studied in the UK.[1][2] The government inquiry into Parker's death by R.A. Shooter(英语:R.A. Shooter)[3] found that while working at the University of Birmingham Medical School(英语:University of Birmingham Medical School),[4][5] she was accidentally exposed to a strain of smallpox virus that had been grown in a research laboratory on the floor below her workplace, and that the virus had most likely spread from that laboratory through ducting. Shooter's conclusion on how the virus had spread was challenged in court when the University of Birmingham was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive(英语:Health and Safety Executive) for breach of Health and Safety legislation.[6]
帕克的父亲弗雷德里克·威特科姆在隔离期间疑似突发心脏病逝世。伯明翰大学医学院微生物学系教授亨利·贝德森(Henry Bedson)自杀身亡。