The threat of smallpox and bioterrorism

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-18

  Berche, Patrick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 0034999808     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01855-2     Document Type: Review

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