Mahalingam Surendran, Damon Inger K, Lidbury Brett A
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Trends Immunol. 2004 Dec;25(12):636-9. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2004.10.002.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the eradication of smallpox twenty-five years ago this month. This conquest of an infectious disease, which has been the bane of humankind for centuries, still stands as the WHO's greatest achievement. The anniversary of such a scientific and medical landmark provides an appropriate occasion to reflect on this feat and to assess the significance and necessity of the poxvirus research that has followed this.
二十五年前的这个月，世界卫生组织（WHO）宣布根除天花。征服这种数百年来一直危害人类的传染病，至今仍是WHO最伟大的成就。这样一个科学和医学里程碑事件的周年纪念日，为反思这一壮举以及评估此后痘病毒研究的意义和必要性提供了一个恰当的契机。
