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1966 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom

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The East Wing of the University of Birmingham Medical School

The 1966 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom was an outbreak of mild smallpox which began with Tony McLennan, a photographer at the Medical School in Birmingham, which housed a smallpox laboratory and where 12 years later the last fatal smallpox outbreak would occur, also beginning with a medical photographer.[1][2][3][4][5]

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  1. ^ Das, Pam (January 2004). "Alasdair Geddes--Emeritus Professor of Infection in the School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK. Interview by Pam Das". The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 4 (1): 54–57. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00862-4. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 14720570.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Walker, A. M. (1 December 2018). "The last days of smallpox: tragedy in Birmingham". Journal of Hospital Infection. 100 (4): 478. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2018.07.029. ISSN 0195-6701. S2CID 81577857.
  3. ^ Stockton, William (4 February 1979). "Smallpox is not dead (Published 1979)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ Pallen, Mark (2018). "13. Staffordshire 1966". The Last Days of Smallpox; Tragedy in Birmingham. pp. 37–38. ISBN 9781980455226.
  5. ^ "Smallpox: 3 May 1966: House of Commons debates". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
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