Jan Thomas

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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS Variola Virus – Destruction Imminenti

MOST MEDICAL PERSONNEL will not have seen smallpox, the disease resulting from infection by the variola virus. Hopefully, they never will. The last case of naturally acquired smallpox occurred in 1977, in Somalia, and global eradication was declared in 1980. From 1981 to 1986, the World Health Organisation (WHO) undertook a program to implement post-eradication… Read more »

By Jan Thomas In   Issue Volume 13 No. 2

Variola Virus – Destruction Imminent

Most medical personnel will not have seen smallpox, the disease resulting from infection by the variola virus. Hopefully, they never will. The last case of naturally acquired smallpox occurred in 1977, in Somalia, and global eradication was declared in 1980. From 1981 to 1986, the World Health Organisation (WHO) undertook a program to implement post¬… Read more »

By Jan Thomas In   Issue Volume 10 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2023-86147975/JMVH Vol 10 No 2