When is a disease eradicable? 100 years of lessons learned
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 90 (10) , 1515-1520
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.90.10.1515
Abstract
Since the 1915 launch of the first international eradication initiative targeting a human pathogen, much has been learned about the determinants of eradicability of an organism. The authors outline the first 4 eradication efforts, summarizing the lessons learned in terms of the 3 types of criteria for disease eradication programs: (1) biological and technical feasibility, (2) costs and benefits, and (3) societal and political considerations.Keywords
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