Smallpox : the death of a disease : the inside story of eradicating a worldwide killer / D.A. Henderson ; foreword by Richard Preston.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.Description: 334 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781591027225 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1591027225 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA644.S6 H46 2009
Contents:
The disease, the virus, and its history -- The world decides to eradicate smallpox -- Creating a global program -- Where to begin? A tale of two countries : Brazil and Indonesia -- Africa : a formidable and complicated challenge -- India and Nepal : a natural home of endemic smallpox -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh : the last stronghold of variola major -- Ethiopia and Somalia : the last countries with smallpox -- Smallpox : post-eradication -- Smallpox as a biological weapon -- Lessons and legacies of smallpox eradication.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index.

The disease, the virus, and its history -- The world decides to eradicate smallpox -- Creating a global program -- Where to begin? A tale of two countries : Brazil and Indonesia -- Africa : a formidable and complicated challenge -- India and Nepal : a natural home of endemic smallpox -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh : the last stronghold of variola major -- Ethiopia and Somalia : the last countries with smallpox -- Smallpox : post-eradication -- Smallpox as a biological weapon -- Lessons and legacies of smallpox eradication.

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