Copyright © 2013 Thangavelu Srinivasan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared eradication of the dreadful disease “smallpox ” in 1980. Though the disease has died down, the causative virus “variola ” has not, as it has been well preserved in two high security laboratories—one in USA and another in Russia. The debate on whether the remaining stocks of the smallpox virus should be destroyed or not is ongoing, and the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2011 has decided to postpone the review on this debate to the 67th WHA i...
This article explores how advances in synthetic biology, and the potential threat of deliberately re...
The review contains a brief analysis of the results of investigations conducted during 40 years afte...
Smallpox was eradicated globally as a disease in the wild almost 30 years ago but laboratory samples...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared eradication of the dreadful disease “smallpox” in 1980....
Copyright © 2010 Tognotti et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commo...
To destroy all remaining stocks of variola virus on or before 31 December 2002 seems an even more co...
Widespread vaccination programmes led to the global eradication of smallpox, which was certified by ...
Widespread vaccination programmes led to the global eradication of smallpox, which was certified by ...
The thesis of this Article is that the United States, Russia, and by extension, the world as a whole...
Scientists and clinicians studying a particular disease have an ideal goal that, if achieved, would ...
Though smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised th...
The target problem to be examined is smallpox. Specifically, what should we (the United States and t...
In 2011, the World Health Organization will recommend the fate of existing smallpox stockpiles, but ...
In 2011, the World Health Organization will recommend the fate of existing smallpox stockpiles, but ...
Throughout history, smallpox was a severe, highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus. Th...
This article explores how advances in synthetic biology, and the potential threat of deliberately re...
The review contains a brief analysis of the results of investigations conducted during 40 years afte...
Smallpox was eradicated globally as a disease in the wild almost 30 years ago but laboratory samples...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared eradication of the dreadful disease “smallpox” in 1980....
Copyright © 2010 Tognotti et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commo...
To destroy all remaining stocks of variola virus on or before 31 December 2002 seems an even more co...
Widespread vaccination programmes led to the global eradication of smallpox, which was certified by ...
Widespread vaccination programmes led to the global eradication of smallpox, which was certified by ...
The thesis of this Article is that the United States, Russia, and by extension, the world as a whole...
Scientists and clinicians studying a particular disease have an ideal goal that, if achieved, would ...
Though smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised th...
The target problem to be examined is smallpox. Specifically, what should we (the United States and t...
In 2011, the World Health Organization will recommend the fate of existing smallpox stockpiles, but ...
In 2011, the World Health Organization will recommend the fate of existing smallpox stockpiles, but ...
Throughout history, smallpox was a severe, highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus. Th...
This article explores how advances in synthetic biology, and the potential threat of deliberately re...
The review contains a brief analysis of the results of investigations conducted during 40 years afte...
Smallpox was eradicated globally as a disease in the wild almost 30 years ago but laboratory samples...