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L'éradication de la variole, vingt ans déjà.

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Bazin, Hervé [UCL]

Smallpox, an infectious disease that has killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people through the ages and across all continents, has disappeared. Its eradication has been the result of an enormous and intense collective effort carried out over several years. Furthermore, it made possible the elimination of many of the risks associated with vaccination against smallpox, which had rare but very real side effects. The 20th anniversary of this momentous event will take place on 8th May 2000.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – English Abstract, Journal Article
Publication date 2000
Journal information "Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine" - Vol. 184, no. 1, p. 89-99; discussion 99-104 (2000)
issn 0001-4079
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/MIGE - Département de microbiologie, d'immunologie et de génétique
MESH Subject France ; Humans ; Smallpox - prevention & control ; Smallpox Vaccine ; Time Factors ; World Health
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Bibliographic reference Bazin, Hervé. L'éradication de la variole, vingt ans déjà.. In: Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine, Vol. 184, no. 1, p. 89-99; discussion 99-104 (2000)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/12978