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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Smallpox fact sheet: Vaccine overview. Available online: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/facts.asp.

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

  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.

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.

  • Henderson DA, et al. (2008). Smallpox and vaccinia. In SA Plotkin et al., eds., Vaccines, 5th ed., pp.773–803. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

  • Hirsch MS (2007). Measles, mumps, rubella, parvovirus, and poxvirus. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 29. New York: WebMD.

  • Lane CH, Fauci AS (2008). Bioterrorism and clinical medicine: Microbial bioterrorism. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., pp. 1348–1349. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • National Guideline Clearinghouse (2008). 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: Bets Davis, MFA Last Updated: January 26, 2009
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease

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