04701nam 22014653u 450 991081484610332120240410065316.00-520-93808-91-59734-903-8(CKB)111090529079582(EBL)224588(OCoLC)568151477(SSID)ssj0000246947(PQKBManifestationID)11239571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246947(PQKBWorkID)10188587(PQKB)11734302(MiAaPQ)EBC224588(EXLCZ)9911109052907958220130418d2003 uy engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmallpox The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge /David Koplow1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20031 online resource (277 pages)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 StatesCultures 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 A.1951-1648007AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910814846103321Smallpox3995884UNINA