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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus
Autres auteurs: Arvin, Ann M., Patel, Deepali
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.