Rodríguez H
Departamento de Sanidad, Fuerza Aérea de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 1998 Jul;126(7 Suppl):19-25.
A short history of the disease and its vaccination is described. The role of WHO and its country members is underlined, in this unique triumph of the history of medicine. The success of the implementation of the programme and its monitoring of the epidemiological situation of the disease to the final declaration of the WHO 1980, of smallpox eradication, are analyzed.
文中描述了该疾病的简短病史及其疫苗接种情况。在医学史上这一独特的胜利中，强调了世界卫生组织及其成员国所发挥的作用。分析了该计划的实施情况及其对疾病流行状况的监测，直至世界卫生组织1980年宣布天花被根除。
