Smallpox: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 62: | Line 62: | ||
==[[Smallpox further reading|Further reading]]== | ==[[Smallpox further reading|Further reading]]== | ||
==[[Smallpox | ==External Links== | ||
===Disease information=== | |||
* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp Smallpox Fact Sheet] from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] | |||
* [http://www.afip.org/Departments/infectious/sp/text/1_1.htm Smallpox summary by AFIP (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)] | |||
* [http://www.logicalimages.com/resourcesBTAgents.htm Bioterrorism Category A Agents—Information Resources] | |||
* [http://www.smallpoxbiosafety.org/ Smallpox Biosafety] The Genetic Engineering of Smallpox: WHO’s Retreat from the Eradication of Smallpox Virus | |||
* [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp CDC.gov]—‘Bioterrorism Agents > Smallpox Info for Specific Groups: What Everyone Should Know,’ [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] | |||
* [http://cryptome.org/smallpox-wmd.htm Smallpox as a potential WMD]. | |||
=== General Information === | |||
* [http://www.vrc.nih.gov Vaccine Research Center (VRC)] - Information concerning vaccine research studies | |||
=== Images === | |||
* [http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/atlassearch1.htm?appSession=108815523085552 Photographs of smallpox patients] | |||
* [http://www.logicalimages.com/resourcesBTAgentsSmallpox.htm Smallpox Images and Diagnosis Synopsis] | |||
=== Smallpox in history === | |||
* [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/ WHO.int]—‘Smallpox: Historical significance,’ [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) | |||
* [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ilej/image1.pl?item=page&seq=9&size=1&id=gm.1750.12.x.20.x.x.u96 Inoculation for the Small-Pox defended]—1750 article from Gentleman's Magazine | |||
* [http://www.hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/aha2004/whypox.htm? Why Blame Smallpox?] Small pox in ancient Peru | |||
* [http://www.smallpoxhistory.ucl.ac.uk/ History of Smallpox in South Asia] | |||
* [http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Hindu_Culture2.htm Small pox history in India] | |||
{{Viral diseases}} | {{Viral diseases}} | ||
Revision as of 20:56, 14 December 2012
For patient information click here
| Smallpox | |
 | |
|---|---|
| A child infected with smallpox |
| Variola virus (Smallpox) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virus classification | ||||||||
|
|
Smallpox Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Smallpox On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Smallpox |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
Synonyms and keywords: Variola.
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Smallpox from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Eradication | Post-eradication
Risk Factors
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings
Treatment
Medical therapy | Primary prevention | Outbreak prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Related Chapters
- Virus
- Vaccinia
- Vaccination
- Mathematical modelling in epidemiology#The mathematics of mass vaccination
- Herd immunity
- CCR5-Δ32
- Pandemic
- Infectious disease
- Ebola VHFs
- Medieval demography
- Polio
Further reading
External Links
Disease information
- Smallpox Fact Sheet from the CDC
- Smallpox summary by AFIP (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
- Bioterrorism Category A Agents—Information Resources
- Smallpox Biosafety The Genetic Engineering of Smallpox: WHO’s Retreat from the Eradication of Smallpox Virus
- CDC.gov—‘Bioterrorism Agents > Smallpox Info for Specific Groups: What Everyone Should Know,’ CDC
- Smallpox as a potential WMD.
General Information
- Vaccine Research Center (VRC) - Information concerning vaccine research studies
Images
Smallpox in history
- WHO.int—‘Smallpox: Historical significance,’ World Health Organization (WHO)
- Inoculation for the Small-Pox defended—1750 article from Gentleman's Magazine
- Why Blame Smallpox? Small pox in ancient Peru
- History of Smallpox in South Asia
- Small pox history in India