Live variola virus: considerations for continuing research
Auteur :
Institute of Medicine / Board on Global Health / Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309136907
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Since then the remaining known strains of its causative agent, variola virus, have been contained in two World Health Organization (WHO)-approved repositories. In 1999, the World Health Assembly (WHA) debated the issue of destroying these remaining strains.