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Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: D. A. Henderson, M.D.
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-25 - Publisher: Prometheus Books

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For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpo
House on Fire
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: William H. Foege
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-06 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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“Bill Foege takes us inside the world's greatest public health triumph: the eradication of smallpox. It's a story of true determination, passion and courage.
Angel of Death
Language: en
Pages: 453
Authors: G. Williams
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-17 - Publisher: Springer

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The story of the rise and fall of smallpox, one of the most savage killers in the history of mankind, and the only disease ever to be successfully exterminated
Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus
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Pages: 126
Authors: Institute of Medicine
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In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared that smallpox had been eradicated. In 1986, WHO's international Ad Hoc Committee on Orthopox Vi
The War Against Smallpox
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Michael Bennett
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A history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, when millions of children were saved from smallpox.