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Smallpox : the death of a disease : the inside story of eradicating a worldwide killer / D.A. Henderson ; foreword by Richard Preston.
Van Pelt Library RA644.S6 H46 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016.
- Henderson, Donald A.
- Smallpox--History--20th century.
- Smallpox.
- Smallpox--epidemiology.
- History, 20th Century.
- Smallpox--history.
- Smallpox--prevention & control.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Smallpox--epidemiology.
- History, 20th Century.
- Smallpox--history.
- Smallpox--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591027225
- 1591027225
- OCLC:
- 314597839
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