Post-Event
Operational Issues
Conclusions
Contact identification,
tracing, and vaccination and surveillance of contacts are CRITICAL to
interrupting smallpox transmission, even if larger-scale vaccination
is implemented. It must be continued throughout the entire outbreak.
Inadequate response due to insufficient personnel or delays in
fielding personnel increases the likelihood of failure to interrupt
chains of transmission, AND leads
to more cases, more vaccine needed, and a longer lasting outbreak.
Also, public
understanding of the effectiveness of containment will be essential.
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