The virus was discovered while scientists were working on a lethal form of mousepox. This killed 100 per cent of mice even if they had been given anti-viral drugs as well as a vaccine that would ...

Naturally occurring smallpox was eradicated in the late 1970s by a global vaccination program sponsored by the WHO. Human monkeypox, although on the rise, is still sporadic and usually occurs in ...

† Attempts to develop a nonhuman primate model of variola infection have not been successful. fp.: Footpad; id.: Intradermal; in.: Intranasal; ip.: Intraperitoneal ...

Despite 6 years of international negotiation, the United States has rejected a Protocol to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The draft Protocol “will not enhance our confidence ...