Transmission potential of smallpox in contemporary populations

Despite eradication 1 , smallpox still presents a risk to public health whilst laboratory stocks of virus remain 2 , 3 . One factor crucial to any assessment of this risk is R 0 , the average number of secondary cases infected by each primary case. However, recently applied estimates have varied too...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2001-12, Vol.414 (6865), p.748-751
Hauptverfasser:	Gani, Raymond, Leach, Steve
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Disease Outbreaks Economic conditions Epidemics Epidemiologic Methods Europe - epidemiology Health promotion Herd immunity Human viral diseases Humanities and Social Sciences Infectious diseases letter Medical sciences Models, Biological multidisciplinary Outbreaks Public health Risk Assessment Science Science (multidisciplinary) Smallpox Smallpox - epidemiology Smallpox - transmission Smallpox Vaccine - administration & dosage Socioeconomics Vaccines Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
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