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Smallpox in the 21st century
Helene Lupatkin1, Joel F Lupatkin, Andrew D Rosenberg
1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Abstract:
The viral disease, smallpox, was well known through the end of the 20th Century. Because it has been eradicated from natural populations, the present clinical experience with managing the disease is limited. Similarly, research in the pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention of the disease has recently become a priority. Concerns regarding smallpox as a weapon of bioterrorism have led to the implementation of a new prophylactic vaccine program, a renewal in variola vaccine research, and treatment regimens against variola infection.
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