Smallpox Vaccine

Author: Henderson, Donald A.

Source: Vaccines. Preventing Disease and Protecting Health, Vaccines. Preventing Disease and Protecting Health , pp. 281-286(6)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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Abstract:

In May 1980 the World Health Assembly certified smallpox eradication and recommended that routine vaccination be stopped. All countries did so by 1983 and vaccine production also stopped. With the newly perceived threat that smallpox might be used as a biological agent, smallpox is back on the world's agenda. The author describes the threat of smallpox as a biological weapon, the preparations for response in the United States of America and vaccination policy after the events of September 11, 2001. This is a chapter included in Vaccines. Preventing Disease and Protecting Health, a book that celebrates the ways in which vaccines have played a role in improving the health of the world's populations.

Keywords: Vaccines; Vaccine Development; Public Health; Immunization; Disease Prevention; Smallpox; Smallpox vaccine; Terrorism; Bioterrorism; Vaccination policy

Document Type: Miscellaneous

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