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Book Review
Nature Medicine 7, 15 - 16 (2001)
doi:10.1038/83286
The Eradication of Smallpox: Edward Jenner and The First and Only Eradication of a Human Infectious Disease
Kevin M. De Cock1
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nairobi, Kenya
I picked this book up with eager anticipation and put it down with a mixture of admiration and disappointment. Written by a French-speaking immunologist and translated into English, the book deals less with the eradication of smallpox than Jenner's contributions to the development of vaccination and the early history of this public health strategy.
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