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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an
Mikael Sandlund +2 more
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Are We Prepared in Case of a Possible Smallpox-Like Disease Emergence?
Viruses, 2017 Smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated, through a concerted vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization. Since its eradication, routine vaccination against smallpox has ceased, leaving the world population susceptible to ...
Victoria A. Olson, Sergei N. Shchelkunov
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Who invented vaccination? [PDF]
, 2011 Edward Jenner, whose ‘Inquiry’ (1798)1 was the first published report of vaccination against smallpox, is widely seen as the inventor of vaccination. However, other individuals could lay claim to this title, notably his contemporaries, Benjamin Jesty and
Jesty, Robert, Williams, Gareth
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Analysis of aerobiological studies with orthopoxviruses by U.S. Department of Defense
Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологииDiscontinuation of vaccination after the completion of Smallpox global eradication program led to a sharp decrease in the level of collective immunity not only to smallpox but also to other orthopoxvirus infections.
Gennady G. Onishenko +4 more
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Should Remaining Stockpiles of Smallpox Virus (Variola) Be Destroyed?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 In 2011, the World Health Organization will recommend the fate of existing smallpox stockpiles, but circumstances have changed since the complete destruction of these cultures was first proposed.
Raymond S. Weinstein
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Dual Use Research of Concern—The Necessity of Global Bioethics Engagement
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Dual use research of concern (DURC) refers to research conducted for legitimate scientific purposes that could also be misused to pose a significant threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.
Daniel J. Hurst, Christopher A. Bobier
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Smallpox Infectious Disease [PDF]
, 2015 Smallpox is a disease similar to chicken pox, but not exactly the same. Smallpox is caused by a virus called Variola and is a member of the genus orthopoxvirus. The virus is a large brick shaped DNA virus. Smallpox spreads by direct, face to face contact
Allbee, Miranda, Smith, Brandon
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A vaccinia virus renaissance
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2012 In 1796, Edward Jenner introduced the concept of vaccination with cowpox virus, an Orthopoxvirus within the family Poxviridae that elicits cross protective immunity against related orthopoxviruses, including smallpox virus (variola virus).
Paulo H. Verardi +2 more
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Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis +1 more
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