The Lancet, Volume 379, Issue 9810
, Pages 10 - 12, 7 January 2012
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60694-6Cite or Link Using DOI
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The remaining smallpox stocks: the healthiest outcome
Throughout the ages, smallpox was one of mankind's most feared diseases, killing untold millions, especially the poor and under-served. Smallpox eradication is among the crowning achievements of global public health, accomplished through concerted, coordinated, and sustained global public health campaigns, led by WHO and supported by all nations. The last naturally occurring case was in 1977, and in 1980 the World Health Assembly (WHA) declared smallpox eradicated.
As part of the eradication effo ...
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a National Public Health Laboratory, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo b Bureau of Epidemiology, Pennsylvania Department of Health Harrisburg, PA 17120, USA
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