Rates and risks of transmission of smallpox and mechanisms of prevention

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-238

  Kiang, Karen M ^b   Krathwohl, Mitchell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINIA VACCINE;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0344549579     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(03)00147-1     Document Type: Review

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