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The discrepancy between the reported and revised numbers of global smallpox cases, World, 1959 to 1966

The World Health Assembly revised the global number of smallpox cases upwards in 1987. The original source documenting this revision is unpublished but recent
studies suggest that the revised numbers were still significantly too low.

19591966196019611962196319641965Smallpox cases as revised in 1987Smallpox cases as recorded in April 1967