The eradication of rinderpest virus was less celebrated than the eradication of smallpox virus. However, this is only the second campaign to eradicate a virus worldwide which is successful. This gives the opportunity to recall how important rinderpest had been these past centuries for farmers and for public health.
F Moutou. The second eradication: rinderpest. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990). 2014 Aug;107(3):137-8, 135-6
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