1.   A cadre of CDC smallpox experts rushed to put together the manual in the last two weeks.

2.   Hughes said that the centers had already dispatched smallpox experts on short notice three times in the last month to evaluate specific cases.

3.   Smallpox experts at the CDC said Thursday the two studies represent the range of opinions the agency is encountering since it began making its smallpox bioterror planning public.

4.   That concern is shared by a local smallpox expert, Dr. James Steele, a professor emeritus at The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston.

5.   On Wednesday, smallpox experts made presentations to the committee, trying to guess how an outbreak might spread in the United States.