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Dear All,
Every generation of public health professionals builds on the shoulders of those who preceded it. Dr. J. D. Millar, initially a leader in global smallpox eradication, went on, after smallpox eradication, to lead the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH.
His recent passing reminds us of his legacy, including his prolific writings on smallpox. He co-authored work on the role of funerals in spreading smallpox in Sierra Leone, a phenomenon recently relearned in the Ebola outbreaks in that country.
Good reading.
Bob Davis
Glasser JW, Foster SO, Millar JD, Lane JM., Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 15;46 Suppl 3:S182-94. doi: 10.1086/524382.
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/Supplement_3/S182.full
Modeling potential responses to smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon.
Meltzer MI, Damon I, LeDuc JW, Millar JD., Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):959-69.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0607_article
D. R. Hopkins et al.,Smallpox in Sierra Leone I. Epidemiology
Am J Trop Med Hyg, Sept 1971
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/20/5/689.long
Smallpox eradication in West and Central Africa.
Foege WH, Millar JD, Henderson DA., Bull World Health Organ. 1975;52(2):209-22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2305709/