Modeling potential responses to smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon.
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Summary
A mathematical model is constructed to describe the spread of smallpox after a deliberate release of the virus and indicates that a stockpile of 40 million doses should be adequate to stop outbreaks.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2001-11-01
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 63
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Outbreak, Smallpox, Quarantine, Vaccination, Transmission (telecommunications)
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