Lessons from the eradication of smallpox: An interview with D. A. Henderson

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1623, 2013, Pages

  Henderson, D A ^a,b   Klepac, Petra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease eradication; Guinea worm; Interview; Poliomyelitis; Smallpox

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DRACUNCULIASIS; HEALTH CARE; NEMATODE; POLIOMYELITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALLPOX;

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; PROCEDURES; SMALLPOX;

DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SMALLPOX;

EID: 84879403436     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0113     Document Type: Article

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