Hepatitis C is an infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C causes serious damage to the liver and can be fatal. Infection with hepatitis interferes with the liver's primary...
Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), a bloodborne virus. The hepatitis B virus can cause serious damage to the liver which may result in death. The major...
Smallpox is caused by the double-stranded DNA orthopoxviruses Variola major and Variola minor. The virus no longer occurs naturally. Due to an aggressive immunization program by the World Health...
Preparing people for emerging health threats is one of CDC's overarching goals. CDC contributes to national, state, and local efforts to prepare for and prevent public health disasters before they...
Although established initially to respond to clinicians? questions regarding smallpox, smallpox vaccine, and adverse events following smallpox vaccination, the CIL has been expanded to provide c...
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