Thursday, October 21, 2010

Referral: Maryn McKenna On The Global Elimination of Rinderpest

 

 

 

# 4997

 

 

Every time I read a blog by Maryn McKenna I come away knowing a lot more than when I started.  

 

Today she tells the story of the elimination of a viral scourge of cattle called Rinderpest, and compares it to the only other global disease eradication success story – smallpox.

 

 

Beating the asymptote: The end of rinderpest