Report of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections. Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 January 1999
WHO/CDS/CSR/99/1
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Report of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections. Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 January 1999
Introduction Recent monkeypox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo Review of the report of the 1994 Ad Hoc Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections Work in WHO Collaborating Centres Analysis and sequencing of variola virus genomes Biosecurity and physical security of WHO collaborating laboratories Smallpox vaccine stocks and production Deliberate release of smallpox virus Survey of WHO Member States latest position on destruction of variola virus Recommendations