title: Dangerous pathogens in the laboratory: from smallpox to today's SARS setbacks and tomorrow's polio-free world.
authors.affiliation: Polio Eradication InitiativeWHO, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. heymannd@who.int
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Heymann
authors.forename: R Bruce
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Aylward
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000592:standards; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017751:Safety Management; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D012899:Smallpox / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*