WHO / Smallpox
Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. Smallpox, which is believed to have originated over 3,000 years ago in India or Egypt, is one of the most devastating diseases known to ... [... more]
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Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox
 Timely and compelling: This book discusses the natural history of smallpox, its use as a military weapon, the dramatic campaign that eliminated it in nature, the debate about eliminating it in known laboratories, and the threat of its use in bioterrorism. [... more]
CDN$20.95
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WHO / World Health Organization
Efforts must be intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak New web site with information on WHO programmes and health issues in Viet Nam. Available in English and Vietnamese. Joint WHO-UNICEF report on the five most important causes of ... [... more]
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Margaret Miles
Spring, 1764. While the specter of smallpox stalks colonial Boston, much of the city seeks refuge in the burgeoning countryside. Restful, bucolic Bracebridge is one such haven, and young widow Charlotte Willett and her neighbor Richard ... [... more]
Random House |
Stephen Handelman
The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It Anthrax. Smallpox. Incurable and horrifying Ebola-related fevers. For two decades, while a fearful world prepared ... [... more]
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David Matalon
An Irreverent Compendium of Must-Know Info from Sputnik to Smallpox and Marie Curie to Mao We've all been there. You're at a party, surrounded by the most important people in your life. You're cool. You're casual. You're witty and urbane. Until ... [... more]
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Chris Woolsey
An Irreverent Compendium of Must-Know Info from Sputnik to Smallpox and Marie Curie to Mao We've all been there. You're at a party, surrounded by the most important people in your life. You're cool. You're casual. You're witty and urbane. Until ... [... more]
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Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Any infectious agents or toxic chemical could in theory be engineered for deliberate use as a weapon. Experts in this field believe that smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague are the pathogens most likely to be used. However, most if not all ... [... more]
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Life & Death of Smallpox
Author: Ian Glynn Author: Jenifer Glynn Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 610 EAN: 9781861976932 ISBN: 1861976933 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: 2005-08-04 [... more]
CDN$24.04
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The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History
Author: Donald R. Hopkins Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 614.52109 EAN: 9780226351681 ISBN: 0226351688 Number Of Pages: 398 Publication Date: 2002-09-15 [... more]
CDN$18.75
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Toward a Containment Strategy for Smallpox Bioterror: An ...
Author: Joshua M. Epstein Author: Derek A. T. Cummings Author: Shubha Chakravarty Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 614.5210113 EAN: 9780815724551 ISBN: 0815724551 Number Of Pages: 60 Publication Date: 2003-12 [... more]
CDN$19.74
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Remarkably Good.: This is an excellent work. It bogs down a bit in the second half but only for 30 or so pages as the author gets into the detail of some purported statistical analysis, information that could have been handled as an appendix. But overall [... more]
CDN$17.50
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