"Russia sleeps peacefully". World day of elimination of smallpox
MOSCOW, 9 Dec – RIA Novosti news agency. Today World Day of elimination of smallpox. "Russians can be quiet: we have the specific protivoospenny preparation and the smallpox vaccine" is updated, – the Russian infectiologist, the deputy director for scientific work of central research institute of epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gorelov declared in RIA Novosti news agency interview. According to him, only two laboratories of the world have a reference strain of smallpox – the State scientific center of virology and biotechnology Rospotrebnadzor "Vector" (Novosibirsk region) and in CDC (the USA, Atlanta). The virus is placed in the freezer, on...