Keywords: 7175 lores.jpg en This 1969 photograph depicted a Dekina Nigerian family as they were seated in front of their home during a smallpox investigation During the Nigerian-Biafran war members of the CDC refugee relief team were asked to investigate the possibility of a smallpox outbreak in Dekina which was located north of the Nigerian refugee camps It was here that CDC ™s Dr Lyle Conrad confirmed that patients were infected with smallpox and the CDC staff was able to contain the virus and treat many of the victims 1969 CDC http //phil cdc gov/phil/details asp CDC/ Dr Lyle Conrad other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Village people of Nigeria Smallpox Nigeria in the 1960s Images from the CDC Public Health Image Library Roads in Nigeria Refugee camps Refugee camps in Nigeria |