Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S.
Unit:Public Health - Part 2
Lecture:Public Health and Communicable Disease
Slide content:Smallpox: Current State Routine vaccination against smallpox was stopped after the diseases eradication Other than laboratory stockpiles, the Variola virus has been eliminated from the world 8
Slide notes:Routine general vaccination against smallpox was discontinued after eradication of the disease. The virus has been eliminated from the earth, with the exception of some laboratory stockpiles. 8