Volume 11, Number 2, February 2005

Surveillance and Control Measures during Smallpox Outbreaks

Emma Kerrod,* Alasdair M. Geddes,† Martyn Regan,‡ and Steve Leach*
*Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Protection Agency, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; †University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and ‡Health Protection Agency, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Figure 2. Timeline of Edinburgh outbreak. *May 29: Revaccination of all Edinburgh medical, nursing, domestic, artisan and ambulance staff. Edinburgh Smallpox Hospital reconditioned and isolation units set-up for observation cases (8). †June 30: great majority of other essential personnel vaccinated (11). Some public vaccination by private practitioners (≈4% [20,000]). ‡November 1: quarantine and daily surveillance of (present and past) patients and visitors to Royal Infirmary (8). ¶November 8–December 8: further vaccination centers opened after 3 more cases occurred. Sixty sessions held each day. One vaccination center reopened December 9–12 and December 21–24 to cope with a few isolated cases (8,11).

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