Live variola virus : considerations for continuing research /

Smallpox was a devastating disease that decimated human populations for centuries, and its eradication in 1980 was a monumental achievement for the global health community. Since then the remaining known strains of its causative agent, variola virus, have been contained in two World Health Organizat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus
Otros Autores: Arvin, Ann M., Patel, Deepali
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Smallpox > Research.
Smallpox > Prevention.
Smallpox vaccine.
Virology > Cultures and culture media.
Research.
Variola virus
Smallpox Vaccine
Virus Cultivation
Biomedical Research
Research
Smallpox
Smallpox > prevention & control
Smallpox > therapy
Variole > Recherche.
Variole > Prévention.
Vaccin antivariolique.
Virologie > Cultures et milieux de culture.
Recherche.
research (function)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Smallpox > Prevention
Smallpox vaccine
Virology > Cultures and culture media
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Overview of smallpox and its surveillance and control
  • Comparative poxvirology
  • Animal models using variola and other orthopoxvirses
  • Genomic analysis
  • Development of therapeutics
  • Development of vaccines
  • Methods for detection and diagnosis
  • Discovery research
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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