Smallpox : the death of a disease : the inside story of eradicating a worldwide killer / D.A. Henderson ; foreword by Richard Preston.
By: Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie).
Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009Description: 334 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781591027225 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016 | Smallpox -- History -- 20th century | Smallpox -- epidemiology | History, 20th Century | Smallpox -- history | Smallpox -- prevention & controlGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA644.S6 H46 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012020 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index.
The disease, the virus, and its history -- The world decides to eradicate smallpox -- Creating a global program -- Where to begin? A tale of two countries : Brazil and Indonesia -- Africa : a formidable and complicated challenge -- India and Nepal : a natural home of endemic smallpox -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh : the last stronghold of variola major -- Ethiopia and Somalia : the last countries with smallpox -- Smallpox : post-eradication -- Smallpox as a biological weapon -- Lessons and legacies of smallpox eradication.