Faith Tabernacle smallpox epidemic, Abakaliki, Nigeria

Details

• Personal Author:
  Thompson, David. ; Foege, William H., 1936-
• Corporate Authors:
  World Health Organization ; National Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
• Description:
  During the last week in May 1967, a case of smallpox was reported in Abakaliki urban, the site of a mass smallpox and measles immunization programme in February 1967. Investigation revealed that there were other cases and that they all belonged to a small religious group that had refused to be vaccinated.
  
  Report by David Thompson and William H. Foege, epidemiologists, National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  WHO/SE/68.3
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Smallpox
• Document Type:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Location:
  Africa
• Pages in Document:
  9 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  David J. Sencer CDC Museum
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4d6e00e8d0fd0a7dce538d85470bc0c9b6914035cf58eeb33542b91c9acaa3cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21451/cdc_21451_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 358.53 KB ]