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Smallpox [[electronic resource] ] : The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge



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Autore: Koplow David A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Smallpox [[electronic resource] ] : The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 616.9/12
Soggetto topico: Cultures and culture media
Epidemiology
Health Policy
International cooperation
Prevention
prevention & control
Smallpox
Variola virus
Smallpox - Prevention
Smallpox - Epidemiology
Smallpox - Cultures and culture media
Orthopoxvirus
Public Policy
Internationality
Poxviridae Infections
Social Sciences
DNA Virus Infections
Social Control Policies
Chordopoxvirinae
Social Control, Formal
Policy
Poxviridae
Virus Diseases
Sociology
DNA Viruses
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Diseases
Health Care
Viruses
Vertebrates - virology
International Cooperation
Public Health
Health & Biological Sciences
Communicable Diseases
Soggetto geografico: North America
Europe, Eastern
Americas
Europe
Geographic Locations
Russia
United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-93808-9
1-59734-903-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456413903321
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