Birmingham smallpox outbreak

Title

Birmingham smallpox outbreak

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Sep 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Interview with (Chief Medical Officer Sir Henry Yellowlees?) on the outbreak of smallpox from a laboratory in Birmingham which was due to close soon and on reducing stocks of the virus held in light of the outbreak. Male intervierwer not identified.

Contributors

Henry Yellowlees?

Keywords

Infectious diseases; Smallpox; Birmingham; Disease control; WHO; Virus diseases; Research laboratories

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