Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – January 1, 2004
January 1, 2004
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Smallpox Immunity May Persist From Childhood
Health care workers who were vaccinated as children may be protected against fatal smallpox infection even if they declined to participate in recent immunization efforts, according to a recent study. -
Why Has the Smallpox Program Stalled Out?
Analysts cite three mutually reinforcing errors that have dogged and delayed the governments national smallpox immunization campaign: -
Syndromic Surveillance Picks up Terror ‘Signals’
The wave of the future in bioterrorism surveillance is computer-based systems for syndromic reports that can serve as an early tripwire if an attack is under way.