House on fire : the fight to eradicate smallpox

By:

Foege, William

Publication details: London University of California press 2011Description: xxi,218pISBN:

9780520274471

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

614.521 FOE

Contents:

CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi Foreword by Carmen Hooker Odom and Samuel L. Milbank xiii Foreword by David J. Sencer xv Preface xix PART ONE AFRICA: IDENTIFYING THE KEY STRATEGY 1. A Loathsome Disease 3 2. A Succession of Mentors 12 3. Practicing Public Health in Nigeria 28 4. Fire Line around a Virus 43 5. Extinguishing Smallpox in a Time of War 60 PART TWO INDIA: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF ERADICATION 6. Under the Rule of Variola 83, 7. Unwarranted Optimism105 8. A Gorgeous Coalition 123 9. Rising Numbers, Refining Strategy 145 10. Water on a Burning House 163 11. Smallpox Zero 173 Conclusion 188 Postscript 193 Appendix: A Plan in the Event of Smallpox Bioterrorism 195 Notes 199 Glossary 209 Index 213

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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations xi
Foreword by Carmen Hooker Odom and Samuel L. Milbank xiii
Foreword by David J. Sencer xv
Preface xix
PART ONE AFRICA: IDENTIFYING THE KEY STRATEGY
1. A Loathsome Disease 3
2. A Succession of Mentors 12
3. Practicing Public Health in Nigeria 28
4. Fire Line around a Virus 43
5. Extinguishing Smallpox in a Time of War 60
PART TWO INDIA: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF ERADICATION
6. Under the Rule of Variola 83,
7. Unwarranted Optimism105
8. A Gorgeous Coalition 123
9. Rising Numbers, Refining Strategy 145
10. Water on a Burning House 163
11. Smallpox Zero 173
Conclusion 188
Postscript 193
Appendix: A Plan in the Event of Smallpox Bioterrorism 195
Notes 199
Glossary 209
Index 213

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