The use of vaccines has successfully eradicated which of the following diseases globally?
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Correct answer: Smallpox
Smallpox is the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated worldwide through a global vaccination campaign led by the WHO. The last naturally occurring case was recorded in Somalia in 1977.
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