Technical Notes
Smallpox Added to PubMed® Special Queries
The National Library of Medicine® (NLM) Special Queries resource page (available from PubMed's blue sidebar) now includes a subject page for smallpox. This page provides a comprehensive PubMed search and links to other sources of smallpox information. The search of PubMed/MEDLINE® retrieves citations to published literature on smallpox and related disorders and vaccines.
NLM staff consulted with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) research staff and developed this pre-formulated search strategy to assist clinicians, public health specialists, information specialists, researchers, and the general public to find information on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of smallpox. To retrieve the search results of over 20,000 PubMed citations and view the search strategy used see PubMed/MEDLINE Search and Smallpox Information Resources.
Additional linked smallpox information resources include free full text access to Chapter 6, Smallpox and Vaccinia. Henderson, D.A; Moss, B. From: Vaccines. 3rd ed. Plotkin, Stanley A; Orenstein, Walter A., editors. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company; c1999 through the NLM/NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Bookshelf. Other smallpox information resources links are: NLM MedlinePlus.gov, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
For more information on the Special Queries Resource in PubMed see New Special Queries Resource in PubMed®. NLM TechBull. 2005 Mar-Apr; (343):e1. For more information on the National Library of Medicine initiative on Smallpox Preparedness see Smallpox Preparedness. NLM Tech Bull. 2001 Nov-Dec; (323):e8.
