Talk:Rinderpest

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    - Attention by a virology expert / biologist would be good.
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    - Expand 'the virus'-section to include more detailed information on the germ (structure, related viruses, etc). Analogous for 'the disease'.
    - Expand subsections under 'history'
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[edit] Error?

In 1899, cattle were infected with a bacteria-free filtrate. Dr. Walter Plowright was awarded the World Food Prize in 1999, for developing a vaccine against rinderpest. The FAO predicts that with vaccination the cattle plague will be eradicated by 2010[6].

Is 1899 correct? I can't tell, because I don't know what to search for. From the tenor of the paragraph, I suspect it's wrong... --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 17:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, well, that part of the text wasn't added by myself, but it seems pretty correct, considering that all kinds of experimentation was going on since the 18th century... But yes, that should be fact-checked and preferably expanded. Random Nonsense 01:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC)