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- Title
Risks of serious complications and death from smallpox vaccination: a systematic review of the United States experience, 1963-1968.
- Authors
Aragón, Tomás J; Ulrich, Skylar; Fernyak, Susan; Rutherford, George W
- Abstract
The United States (US) has re-instituted smallpox vaccinations to prepare for an intentional release of the smallpox virus into the civilian population. In an outbreak, people of all ages will be vaccinated. To prepare for the impact of large-scale ring and mass vaccinations, we conducted a systematic review of the complication and mortality risks of smallpox vaccination. We summarized these risks for post-vaccinial encephalitis, vaccinia necrosum (progressive vaccinia), eczema vaccinatum, generalized vaccinia, and accidental infection (inadvertant autoinoculation).
- Publication
BMC public health, 2003, Vol 3, p26
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-3-26