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Smallpox
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Reviewed January 2012
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| Title: | Smallpox |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, an orthopoxvirus. Smallpox was once a feared viral disease. An aggressive immunisation campaign eradicated smallpox by 1977, but small stocks of the virus remain in laboratories. Smallpox has recently been assessed as a possible biological weapon that could be used in non-conventional warfare or in a terrorist attack. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Vaccines for preventing smallpox |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Smallpox is an acute viral infection unique to humans. A worldwide smallpox campaign (including mass vaccination, patient isolation, and surveillance) contributed to the eradication of the disease by 1980. However, there is growing concern that the viru... |
| Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Title: | Bioterrorism |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to information on bioterrorism and biosecurity. |
| Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Title: | Guidelines for smallpox outbreak, preparedness, response and management |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The guidelines provide technical information about the management of a threat, or an outbreak, of smallpox. |
| Date: | Jan 2004 |
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