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. 2024 Sep 17;332(11):873-874.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.8614.

Smallpox Readiness: Modern Strategies Against an Ancient Disease

Lawrence O Gostin  1 , Shalini Singaravelu  2 , Noreen Hynes  3
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Smallpox Readiness: Modern Strategies Against an Ancient Disease

Lawrence O Gostin et al. JAMA. .
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This Viewpoint highlights the potential for unintentional or deliberate release of variola virus (smallpox), discusses current medical countermeasures for smallpox, and calls for greater flexibility from the US and its partners in developing safe, reliable, affordable, and equitable countermeasures.

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