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Links for the General Public

General audience information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Additional information from the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Viruela
Introductory text by McEleney (October 2000) from the United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center

Smallpox Summary Viruela: Sumario

Overview of the disease and surrounding issues from the Center for Disaster Preparedness and the Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Preston article for the layperson (July 12, 1999) from The New Yorker

Bullet points on health and security topics from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies based upon Tucker's non-fiction book  Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox

 What is Smallpox? Que es la viruela

General information from the Mayo Clinic

Scroll towards the bottom of the website for information on a commonly-referenced fictional smallpox exercise occurring June 22-23, 2001, at Andrews Air Force Base and sponsored by the John Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism

 Detailed Smallpox Information Informacion Detallada sobre Viruela

Information directed at lab and health professionals from the CDC

Slides from the World Health Organization (WHO)

Draft Annex of Biological Agents (August 2001)(Borrador) Anexo sobre Agentes Biologicos
Scroll to p. 29-33 of the above-mentioned draft annex of Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons: WHO Guidance, 2^nd ed. by the WHO

 Smallpox and its Eradication La Viruela y su erradicacion
Seminal work by Fenner, Henderson, Arita, Jezek, and Ladny (1988) from WHO

Overview chapter by Henderson and Moss from Vaccines, 3^rd ed.  (1999)

 Smallpox as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management Viruela como arma biologica, Direccion medica y de Salud Publica
Working Group on Civilian Biodefense article (June 9, 1999) from the Journal of the American Medical Organization (JAMA)

Smallpox and Smallpox Vaccination Viruela, vacunacion
Topical issue ( April 25, 2002) from the New England Journal of Medicine

 Biological Terrorism: Smallpox slides Terrorismo Bilogico: Diapositivas sobre Viruela
Comprehensive slides (August 20, 2001) from the Centers for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, St. Louis University School of Public Health

Slides (September 13, 2000) from Medical NBC Online, associated with the US Army

Scroll to p. 51-55 for a brief overview for lab and health professionals from the Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook, 4^th ed. (February 2001) by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)

 Smallpox Viruela

Chapter from the practical guide Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare by the Chemical Casualty Care Division of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)

 Smallpox Viruela

Focus on pathology from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Links to Powerpoint slides and diagnostic tools from the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal Medicine

 Bioterrorism: Smallpox Bioterrorismo Viruela

Numerous links provided by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy within the University of Minnesota

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