Bugün öğrendim ki: Çiçek hastalığı virüsü tarafından doğal olarak enfekte olduğu bilinen son insan olan Ali Maow Maalin. Enfeksiyondan kurtuldu, ancak daha sonra Somali'de çocuk felcinin yeniden canlanmasını engellemeye yardım ederken sıtmadan öldü.
Hospital worker, last naturally acquired case of smallpox Ali Maow Maalin --- [en.jpeg/220px- Ali_Maow_Maalin_(1977)en.jpeg)](/wiki/File:Ali_Maow_Maalin_\(1977\)en.jpeg) Ali Maow Maalin in 1977, while infected with [smallpox](/wiki/ Smallpox "Smallpox") Born| Ali Maow Maalin 1954 Died| 22 July 2013 (2013-07-23) (aged 58) Merca, Somalia Nationality| Somalia Occupation| [Smallpox](/wiki/Smallpox "Smallpox") survivor, [vaccine](/wiki/Vaccine "Vaccine") advocate Known for| Last person in history recorded to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox **Ali Maow Maalin** (also **Mao Moallim**[1] and **Mao' Mo'allim** ;[2] 1954 – 22 July 2013) was a Somali hospital cook and health worker from [Merca](/wiki/Merca "Merca") who is the last person known to have been infected with naturally occurring _[Variola minor](/wiki/Alastrim "Alastrim")_ [ smallpox](/wiki/Smallpox "Smallpox"). He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery. Although he had many contacts, none of them developed the disease, and an aggressive containment campaign was successful in preventing an outbreak. Smallpox was declared to have been eradicated globally by the [World Health Organization](/wiki/World_Health_Organization "World Health Organization") (WHO) two years later. Maalin was subsequently involved in the successful [poliomyelitis eradication](/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication "Poliomyelitis eradication") campaign in [Somalia](/wiki/Somalia "Somalia"), and he died of [malaria](/wiki/Malaria "Malaria") ") while carrying out [polio vaccinations](/wiki/Polio_vaccination "Polio vaccination") after the re- emergence of the [poliovirus](/wiki/Poliovirus "Poliovirus") in 2013.