Why not destroy the remaining smallpox virus stocks?

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2823-2824

  Lane, J Michael ^a   Poland, Gregory A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RISK; RUSSIA; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VARIOLA VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79953212187     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.081     Document Type: Editorial

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