In subject area:Immunology and Microbiology About this page Set alert Chapters and Articles You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Control, Prevention, and Eradication Christopher J.Burrell, ...Frederick A.Murphy, inFenner and White's Medical Virology (Fifth Edition), ...
This happened in a country where almost everybody had been vaccinated in infancy. The strategy used was common in the final phase of the smallpox eradication program. It started with active surveillance and rapid identification of new cases. Measures such as vaccination and isolation of all ...
New Delhi, India World Health Organization, Southeast Asia Regional Office1979; 12. Foege WHMillar JDHenderson DA Smallpox eradication in West and Central Africa. Bull World Health Organ. 1975;52209- 222Google Scholar 13. Baker AR The eye complications of smallpox: some observations during the...
Bhattacharya, S. (2006) 'WHO-led or WHO-managed? Re-assessing the Smallpox Eradication Programme in India, 1960-1980', in Bashford, A. (ed.) Medicine at the Border: Disease, Globalization and Security, 1850 to the present, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 60-75...
However, if a smallpox outbreak occurs, two licensed smallpox vaccines in the US can be used in a smallpox emergency. ERADICATION In 1967, the WHO intensified its efforts to eradicate smallpox. Many laboratories were able to produce a higher-quality freeze-dried vaccine. The development of ...
Malaria elimination and eventual eradication will require internationally coordinated approaches; sustained engagement from politicians, communities, and funders; efficient organizational structures; innovation and new tools; and well-managed programmes.
Smallpox in India. From Foe to Friend: Geographical and Environmental Factors and the Control and Eradication of Smallpox in India.From Foe to Friend: Geographical and Environmental Factors and the Control and Eradication of Smallpox in India.Due to the highly visible nature of the disease, ...
Variola or smallpox does not have an animal reservoir, which in part made its successful eradication possible. The natural reservoir of monkeypox, despite its name, are rodents in Africa (Table 1). Its spread to Europe and the US has occurred either through importation of African rodents or...
Smallpox and Its Eradication World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (1988) Google Scholar da Fonseca et al., 2002 F.G. da Fonseca, G.S. Trindade, R.L. Silva, C.A. Bonjardim, P.C. Ferreira, E.G. Kroon Characterization of a vaccinia-like virus isolated in a Brazilian forest J...
even after its eradication, and today it represents a threat equal to that of any other time in its history. During the period of 1754–1767, smallpox probably was first used as a biological weapon by British forces in North America (Fenneret al., 1988). Due to the unavailability of a...