"The world has never been closer to this once-in-a-generation opportunity of eradicating polio for good," Lake said.
HIV is a classical example of how the efforts of the researchers may be disappointed in eradicating a virus infection in an infected patient.
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Henderson had played a key role in eradicating smallpox, a disease that has killed 500 million people.
The widespread use of antimicrobial drugs in developing countries for indications other than trachoma may play a role in eradicating one of the world's leading causes of preventable blindness.
To achieve international cooperation in eradicating a disease, it must be widespread and severe enough to be of worldwide concern.
"What bothered me was that somehow this may have created a difficulty in eradicating polio" because some people would refuse to be immunized for fear of contracting AIDS.
Both studies find that neither phage nor antibiotic are overly effective in eradicating a bacterial population, with the antibiotic doing better than the phage.
CPAT can therefore compete with PACT in eradicating a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains.
The success of radiotherapy in eradicating a tumor depends mainly on the total radiation dose given, but the tolerance of the normal tissues surrounding the tumor limits this dose.
