Smallpox : the fight to eradicate a global scourge / / David A. Koplow
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| Autore: |
Koplow David A. <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Smallpox : the fight to eradicate a global scourge / / David A. Koplow
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 616.9/12 |
| Soggetto topico: | Smallpox - Cultures and culture media |
| Smallpox - Epidemiology | |
| Smallpox - Prevention | |
| Smallpox | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Though 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Smallpox |
| ISBN: | 0-520-93808-9 |
| 1-59734-903-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814846103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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