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Harling R. Further information in support of a selective
smallpox vaccination policy. Euro Surveill. 2003;7(1):pii=1994.
Available online:  Further information in support of a selective
smallpox vaccination policy  Richard Harling (, Public Health
Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre,
London, England.  A number of countries are beginning to
implement plans to offer smallpox vaccination to sub-groups of
healthcare workers in advance of a deliberate release (1, 2). At
the same time there have been calls for mass vaccination of the
public, or vaccination of the public on a voluntary basis. In
the United States (US), while concentrating on selective
vaccination, the government has decided to