Donald A Henderson, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003994
In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared that the global eradication of smallpox had been achieved. This was the first and, so far, the only disease to have been eradicated. The success of this programme provided an important impetus for vaccination programmes of all types throughout the world.
Keywords: vaccine; infectious disease; epidemics; plagues
| Further Reading | |
| book Alibek K (1998) Biohazard. New York: Random House. | |
| book Fenner F, Henderson DA, Arita I, Jezek Z and Ladnyi ID (1988) Smallpox and Its Eradication. Geneva: World Health Organization. | |
| book Fisher RB (1991) Edward Jenner. London: Deutsch. | |
| Henderson DA (1998) The siren song of eradication. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 32: 580–584. | |
| book Henderson DA, Borio LL and Lane JM (2004) "Smallpox and vaccinia". In: Plotkin SA and Orenstein WA (eds) Vaccines, pp. 123–153. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. | |
| book Hopkins DR (2002) The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. | |
| book Preston R (2002) The Demon in the Freezer. New York: Random House. | |
| book Tucker JB (2001) Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. | |
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