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The United States and Russia have repeatedly agreed to destroy their stocks of the smallpox virus, but the deadline for destruction has been postponed numerous times. In the meantime, the entire genome of variola major has been sequenced. What reasons can governments cite for maintaining smallpox viruses?

The following question will require some literature review about small pox. Find what it is (or was) and make sure you understand the pathogenicity of this viral infection. You should also read about genome sequencing and the importance of this technique in microbial source tracking.
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The United States and Russia have repeatedly agreed to destroy their stocks of the smallpox virus, but the deadline for destruction has been postponed numerous times. In the meantime, the entire genome of variola major has been sequenced. What reasons can governments cite for maintaining smallpox viruses? Should all laboratory stores of smallpox viruses be destroyed? Given that the genome of the virus has been sequenced, and that DNA can be reconstructed if the sequence of nucleotides is known, would elimination of all laboratory stocks really be the extinction of the smallpox virus? Whats your opinion? Also NOTE there is no limit as to the number of pages and the sources used from the prof …thanks