Planning for smallpox outbreak must consider immunosuppression

Science Daily  March 3, 2018
Researchers in Canada published a step by step method to create a pox virus in a lab, making the threat of smallpox re-emergence even greater which highlights the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world. An international team of researchers (USA – Arizona State University, Emory University, Australia) reveals that the number of people living with weakened immune systems must be examined when planning for the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world and unprecedented levels of immunosuppression in countries like Australia and the US must be considered in planning for the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE