and Prevention (CDC) in the United States and the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR in Koltsovo, Russia. At the time of the outbreak, the WHO had been about to certify that smallpox had been eradicated globally. It eventually did so in 1980. See also Rahima Banu, last person infected with naturally occurring Variola major Ali Maow Maalin, last person infected with naturally occurring Variola minor List of unusual deaths References Bibliography Jonathan B. Tucker, Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox (Grove Press) 2002 (online) External links "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) Smallpox outbreak Smallpox outbreak, 1978 Smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom, 1978 Smallpox outbreak Smallpox outbreak Deaths from smallpox Deaths from laboratory accidents Health in Birmingham, West Midlands Infectious disease deaths in England Smallpox eradication United Kingdom, 1978 ar:جانيت باركر da:Janet Parker de:Janet Parker es:Janet Parker nl:Janet Parker ja:ジャネット・パーカー pl:Janet Parker pt:Janet Parker