Wabah cacar 1978 di Britania Raya

Wabah cacar 1978 di Britania Raya mengakibatkan kematian Janet Parker, seorang fotografer medis Britania Raya, yang menjadi orang terakhir yang tercatat meninggal akibat cacar. Penyakit dan kematiannya, yang berkaitan dengan kematian dua orang lainnya, berujung pada Shooter Inquiry, sebuah penyelidikan resmi oleh para pakar yang diangkat pemerintah yang memuci perubahan radikal soal bagaimana patogen berbahaya dikaji di Britania Raya.

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• "The Lonely Death of Janet Parker", Birmingham Live
• Portrait photograph (pre-1978) of Janet Parker (online)
• 1978 newspaper article Smallpox virus escapes (online)
• 1978 newspaper article about Janet Parker's father being taken into quarantine (online)
• 1978 newspaper article about Janet Parker's mother being released from quarantine (online)