04718nam 22014653u 450 991045641390332120210119184538.00-520-93808-91-59734-903-8(CKB)111090529079582(EBL)224588(OCoLC)568151477(SSID)ssj0000246947(PQKBManifestationID)11239571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246947(PQKBWorkID)10188587(PQKB)11734302(MiAaPQ)EBC224588(EXLCZ)9911109052907958220130418d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmallpox[electronic resource] The Fight to Eradicate a Global ScourgeBerkeley University of California Press20031 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23732-3 Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Rise and Fall of Smallpox; 2 The Biology of Viruses; 3 Smallpox as a Biological Weapon; 4 Environmental Law and Policy; 5 The World Health Organization; 6 The Morality of Extinction; 7 The Case for Extermination; 8 The Case against Extermination; 9 Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; Select Bibliography; IndexThough smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised the horrific possibility that rogue states, laboratories, or terrorist groups are in possession of secret stockpiles of the virus that causes the disease, and may be preparing to unleash it on target populations.Cultures and culture mediaEpidemiologyHealth PolicyInternational cooperationPreventionprevention & controlSmallpoxVariola virusSmallpoxPreventionSmallpoxEpidemiologySmallpoxCultures and culture mediaSmallpoxOrthopoxvirusPublic PolicyInternationalityPoxviridae InfectionsSocial SciencesDNA Virus InfectionsSocial Control PoliciesChordopoxvirinaeSocial Control, FormalPolicyPoxviridaeVirus DiseasesSociologyDNA VirusesHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsDiseasesHealth CareVirusesVertebratesvirologyInternational CooperationHealth PolicyVariola virusSmallpoxPublic HealthHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCCommunicable DiseasesHILCCNorth AmericaEurope, EasternAmericasEuropeGeographic LocationsRussiaUnited StatesElectronic books.Cultures and culture media.Epidemiology.Health Policy.International cooperation.Prevention.prevention & control.Smallpox.Variola virus.SmallpoxPreventionSmallpoxEpidemiologySmallpoxCultures and culture mediaSmallpoxOrthopoxvirusPublic PolicyInternationalityPoxviridae InfectionsSocial SciencesDNA Virus InfectionsSocial Control PoliciesChordopoxvirinaeSocial Control, FormalPolicyPoxviridaeVirus DiseasesSociologyDNA VirusesHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsDiseasesHealth CareVirusesVertebratesvirologyInternational CooperationHealth PolicyVariola virusSmallpoxPublic HealthHealth & Biological SciencesCommunicable Diseases616.9/12Koplow David A562825AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910456413903321Smallpox946443UNINA