Smallpox

References

Citations

  1. Henderson DA, et al. (1999). Smallpox as a biological weapon: Medical and public health management. JAMA, 281(22): 2127–2137.

  2. Breman JG, Henderson DA (2002). Diagnosis and management of smallpox. New England Journal of Medicine, 346(17): 1300–1308.

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Smallpox fact sheet: Vaccine overview. Available online: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/facts.asp.

  4. Rotz LD, et al. (2005). Smallpox and bioterrorism. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 3612–3617. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001). Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 50(RR-10): 1–25.

  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Annex 3: Guidelines for large-scale smallpox vaccination clinics. Available online: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/files/annex-3.doc.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Smallpox (variola). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 591–595. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). Smallpox fact sheet: Smallpox overview. Available online: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/overview.pdf.

  • Cherry JD (2004). Smallpox (variola virus). In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., pp. 1972–1977. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Damon I (2005). Orthopoxviruses: Vaccinia (smallpox vaccine), variola (smallpox), monkeypox, and cowpox. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1742–1751. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  • Lane CH, Fauci AS (2005). Bioterrorism and clinical medicine: Microbial bioterrorism. In DL Kasper et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., pp. 1279–1288. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • National Guideline Clearinghouse (2003, modified). Guideline synthesis: Smallpox vaccination. Available online: http://www.guideline.gov/Compare/comparison.aspx?file=smallpox4.inc.

  • Weiss MM, et al. (2004). Rethinking smallpox. Clinical Infectious Disease, 39(11): 1688–1673.


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Author: Debby Golonka, MPHLast Updated: January 31, 2007
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