Get ready for a new, and nastier, West Nile season

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Epidemiologists is expecting that the West Nile virus would reach into all 48 contiguous states where in 2002 confirmed human cases occurred in 39 states and the District of Columbia killing several persons. The detection of new routes of transmission and the resulting chaos are explained.

Author: Elliott, Victoria Stagg
Risk factors, Development and progression, Communicable diseases, Disease transmission, West Nile fever, West Nile virus

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"People were terrified"

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The smallpox vaccines administered in 1947 in New York, NY, were part of the largest mass vaccination held in US history.

Author: Elliott, Victoria Stagg
HEALTH SERVICES, New York, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, Vaccination & Immunization, Health care industry, History, New York, New York, Vaccination, Dosage and administration, Smallpox vaccine, Smallpox vaccines

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