Emerging infections: No good deed goes unpunished
Smallpox has gone, but monkeypox is now rearing its ugly headONE of the greatest public-health victories of the last century was the eradication of smallpox. After the disease was pronounced extinct, in 1980, people stopped using the smallpox vaccine. That seemed the ultimate symbol of technology’s triumph over a medieval scourge.Alas, it turns out that the end of vaccination has unleashed new demons. Researchers have long suspected that smallpox vaccine also provides protection against diseases such as monkeypox and cowpox, and three decades ago a committee of experts weighed up whether ending vaccination for smallpox might allow one of those diseases to spread in humans. They decided this was unlikely. Now, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests they may have been wrong. A team led by Anne Rimoin of the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted surveys of people living in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They found a dramatic surge in mo
Emerging infections: No good deed goes unpunished
Smallpox has gone, but monkeypox is now rearing its ugly headONE of the greatest public-health victories of the last century was the eradication of smallpox. After the disease was pronounced ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from The Economist
Bonobo Mothers Help Their Sons Get More Sex
From Ed Yong: Most human men would be appalled at the idea of their ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Discover Magazine
Ending Smallpox Vaccinations May Have Opened the Door for Monkeypox
From Ed Yong: In 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation declared that ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from Discover Magazine
Goodbye smallpox vaccination, hello monkeypox
In 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation declared that "the world and ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from Discover Magazine
Virus related to smallpox rising sharply in Africa, researchers find
In the winter of 1979, the world celebrated the end of smallpox, a highly contagious and often fatal viral infection estimated to have caused between 300 and 500 million deaths during the 20th ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
Featured - Virus related to smallpox rising sharply in Africa, Tue 31 Aug 10 from Labspaces.net
Monkeypox rising in wake of smallpox eradication
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some thirty years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: monkeypox.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Reuters
Monkeypox Rising in Wake of Smallpox Eradication, Wed 1 Sep 10 from FOXNews
Monkeypox rising in wake of smallpox eradication, Tue 31 Aug 10 from Reuters
Virus Related To Smallpox Rising Sharply In Africa
Monkeypox has increased 20-fold in Democractic Republic of Congo since 1980In the winter of 1979, the world celebrated the end of smallpox, a highly contagious and often fatal viral infection ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from RedOrbit
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