- Center for Biosecurity
Analysis, research, and recommendations to improve national policy and practice related to bioterrorism, biodefense, and public health emergencies. From UPMC.
www.upmc-biosecurity.org
- Smallpox
Offers links to documents for the public and health professionals. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.smallpox.gov
- MedlinePlus: Smallpox
News, facts, pictures, and links relating to the disease.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smallpox.html
- eMedicine.com: Smallpox
Background article describing the history of the illness, its symptoms, differentials, medications, and care.
www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic885.htm
- Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
1999 article considering the measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals following the use of smallpox as a biological weapon against civilians.
jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/22/2127?
- Smallpox: The Triumph Over the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death
Article from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/127/8_Part_1/635
- Smallpox (Variola)
Fact sheet on the infectious disease from the Utah Department of Health.
hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/els/epidemiology/epifacts/smallpox.html
- NEJM: The Public and the Smallpox Threat
Article about smallpox from the New England Journal of Medicine.
content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/348/5/426
- WHO: Smallpox
Includes a fact sheet, research information, and FAQ about the disease officially declared eradicated in 1979.
www.who.int/csr/disease/smallpox/en
- Immunoweb: Variola
Overview of the smallpox virus and the disease it causes, including history of early vaccination efforts and the 20th Century eradication campaign.
www.seercom.com/bluto/smallpox
- CDC: Smallpox
Guide including an overview of the disease and the smallpox vaccine plus special topics for health care professionals.
www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Smallpox
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