Article: How San Diego would react to a smallpox threat. (Opinion).(a discussion of smallpox and how San Diego would react if an outbreak were to occur)
San Diego Business Journal;  February 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Diego area. The last case of smallpox in the United States was...time, all known supplies of smallpox (except those held in two...heightened concern that the smallpox virus might again appear as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox is a contagious and often...with two clinical forms: variola ...

Article: Smallpox
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      457 words ...SMALLPOX Epidemic smallpox was one of the deadliest scourges...breaking out in large epidemics. Smallpox occurred in two forms, variola major and variola minor. Variola...inoculated with secretions from a smallpox scab generally had only a mild...

Article: Virulent smallpox stymied as a weapon.(Bioterrorism)
USA Today (Magazine);  October 1, 2006 ;     341 words ......triggers progression of smallpox-related illnesses, a finding...naturally occurring case of smallpox was in Somalia in 1977...vaccinated against or exposed to smallpox since it was eradicated...types of the most common smallpox form, variola major, almost always are fatal...are under ...

Article: The history of smallpox.(The Life and Death of Smallpox)(Book Review)
Contemporary Review;  March 1, 2005 ;     597 words ...The Life and Death of Smallpox. Ian and Jenifer Glynn. Profile Books...ISBN 1-86197-608-9. The story of smallpox is an old one and some nasty, pox...speculations in their book is that smallpox may have been responsible for the...

Article: Treating patients with smallpox in the operating room.
AORN Journal;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......deal with biological threats, including smallpox. Developing OR guidelines and suggested...take when dealing with patients who have smallpox is an important step in establishing...for a policy for handling patients with smallpox in the OR, they could find no existing...

Article: Smallpox Vaccination
American Eras;      700+ words ...Smallpox Vaccination The Scourge . Smallpox was a deadly fact of life in early America, just as it had been...and nothing could be done about it except to fast and pray: smallpox was God ’ s punishment. Early Immunization . One fact...

Article: FDA Approves New Smallpox Vaccine
AP Online;  September 1, 2007 ;     421 words ......The approval of a new vaccine against smallpox was announced Saturday by the Food and...innoculate people at high risk of exposure to smallpox, a highly contagious disease. The FDA...ACAM2000 supplements our current supply of smallpox vaccine, meaning we are more prepared...

Article: An update on smallpox.
FDA Consumer;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The last confirmed case of smallpox in the United States occurred in...Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated. But if terrorists...intentionally introduce just a single case of smallpox today, it could mushroom into a public...

Article: Smallpox: Eradication, Storage, and Potential Use as a Bacteriological Weapon
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      700+ words ...Smallpox: eradication, storage, and potential use as a bacteriological weapon Historically, smallpox was one of the most feared diseases in the ancient world...Organization ( WHO ) certified the global eradication of smallpox infection in 1980. There has not been a single reported...

Article: Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82. (George Washington's Bioterrorism Strategy: how we handled it last time).
Washington Monthly;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...POX AMERICANA: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 by Elizabeth A...OPPORTUNITY to be vaccinated against smallpox. I was interning in a virology laboratory...cowpox) virus, a close relative of smallpox, and human immunodeficiency virus...

Article: Australian public and smallpox.(DISPATCHES)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......attack and were ill-informed about smallpox prevention and response. Since general...understanding of bioterrorism (2). Smallpox and anthrax are considered potential...bioterrorism agents (1,3,4). Although smallpox response guidelines have been prepared...

Article: A shot in the arm: U.S. unveils plans to vaccinate against smallpox. (Cover Story).
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......world thought the dreaded disease of smallpox was gone forever. No one on the planet...Health 0rganization (WHO) announced that smallpox had been conquered. It was declared to...ever to be eradicated by science. Now, smallpox may be on its way back--this time as...

Article: Docs: Lincoln Had Smallpox at Gettysburg
AP Online;  May 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address...He and a colleague "diagnosed" serious smallpox in Lincoln after scouring historical...investigated in the 16th president. But smallpox is the one that might come as the biggest...

Article: Smallpox: could a deadly disease--declared eradicated on Earth--come back to haunt humans as a bioweapon? (Life Science Infectious Viruses).
Science World;  March 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......history's oldest and most fearsome killers. Smallpox causes scorching fever, oozing blisters...probably carried lasting battle scars. Smallpox is also the only disease to be deliberately...named Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccine, a substance to shield humans...