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Scientific and Policy Considerations in Developing Smallpox Vaccination Options: A Workshop Report

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Scientific and Policy Considerations in Developing Smallpox Vaccination Options: A Workshop Report - Institute of Medicine, and Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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At the World Health Assembly in May 1980, the World Health Organization declared the world free of smallpox. Smallpox vaccination of civilians is now indicated only for laboratory workers directly involved with smallpox or closely related orthopox viruses. However recent questions raised by the terrorist attacks in fall 2001 have renewed concerns about possible outbreaks of smallpox resulting from its use as a biological weapon. In June 2002, the Institute of Medicine convened a public conference to discuss the scientific, ...

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Scientific and Policy Considerations in Developing Smallpox Vaccination Options: A Workshop Report 2002, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

ISBN-13: 9780309086042

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