Sunday, 4 May 2014

Scientists Delay in Destruction of Last Strains of Smallpox

The virus that causes smallpox -Variola- is on the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision to be made is whether the last known remaining live strains of the virus should be destroyed. An international group of scientists led by Inger Damon, from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, argue in an opinion piece published on May 1st in iPLOS Pathogens/i ...

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