TY - GEN AU - Foege, William TI - House on fire : the fight to eradicate smallpox SN - 9780520274471 U1 - 614.521 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - University of California press KW - N1 - 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 ER -