A Personal recollection of smallpox eradication with the benefit of hindsight: In commemoration of 30th anniversary

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Arita, Isao ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG QUALITY; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 79551610039     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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