Research Article

Smallpox Still Haunts Scientists: Results of a Questionnaire-Based Inquiry on the Views of Health Care and Life Science Experts and Students on Preserving the Remaining Variola Virus Stocks

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Participants’ professional background. The bar chart depicts the professional background of participants who answered the various categories on variola virus stocks destruction. Clinicians were equally divided in their opinion on destruction (50%) and preservation (50%) of the remaining variola virus stocks. Majority of the basic science researchers voted for preservation of the variola virus stocks (68.18%).
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