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Immunization
Research from S. Bhattacharya and co-authors yields new data on immunization
May 12th, 2009
According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "The last two decades have seen a reawakening of scholarly interest in the history of smallpox prevention. Accounts of vaccination and others efforts at controlling Smallpox have moved away from heroic narratives toward more nuanced and contextualized understandings." "It is now accepted that several viruses traveled under the vaccine label from the outset, and it has been demonstrated that a variety of techniques were used to perform vaccination operations. The character of nineteenth century sea voyages that took the vaccine to distant territories has also been re-examined; sometimes the spread of the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-12)
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