Containing bioterrorist smallpox

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5597, 2002, Pages 1428-1432

  Halloran, M Elizabeth ^a   Longini Jr , Ira M ^a   Nizam, Azhar ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; VACCINES;

MASS VACCINATION;

DISEASES;

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; TARGETING; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SMALLPOX; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOTERRORISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

DNA VIRUSES; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 0037112038     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074674     Document Type: Article

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22. This research was partially funded by the Fogarty International. Center and NIH grant R01-AI32042. We thank E. McKenzie for initiating this project.