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[Eradication of smallpox, twenty years ago now]

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Bazin, Hervé [UCL]

Smallpox, an infectious disease that has killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people through the ages and accross all continents, has disappeared. Its eradication has been the result of an enourmous and intense collective effort carried out over several years. Furthermore, it made possible the elimination of many of the risks associated, with vaccination against smallpox, which had rare but very real side effects. The 20(th) anniversary of this momentous event will take place on 8(th) May 2000.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2000
Language Français
Journal information "Academie Nationale de Medecine. Bulletin" - Vol. 184, no. 1, p. 89-104 (2000)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Academie Natl De Medecine (Paris 06)
issn 0001-4079
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL
Keywords smallpox, prevention and control ; smallpox vaccine, history ; history of medicine,18(th) cent ; history of medicine, 20(th) cent ; World Health Organization ; academies and institutes, history ; France
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Bibliographic reference Bazin, Hervé. [Eradication of smallpox, twenty years ago now]. In: Academie Nationale de Medecine. Bulletin, Vol. 184, no. 1, p. 89-104 (2000)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/43558