Smallpox Vaccination in 2003: Key Information for Clinicians

Smallpox Vaccination

This article was presented by the author at the Vaccination Seminar of May 26, 1972, National University Medical School.

Vaccination for Smallpox

Vaccination for Smallpox

, ? The person was vaccinated for the first time en about eight months old without any success; 5;tS reVaccinated a month later without any reaction, ce then within the last twenty years she must have been revaccinated at least ten times, results were always unsuccessful. The question of unreliability of vaccine lymph used does not arise as some cases vaccinated in the same batch were successfu...

The Future of Smallpox Vaccination: is MVA the key?

Eradication of the smallpox virus through extensive global vaccination efforts has resulted in one of the most important breakthroughs in medical history, saving countless lives from the severe morbidity and mortality that is associated with this disease. Although smallpox is now extinct in nature, laboratory stocks of this virus still remain and the subject of smallpox vaccination has gained r...

Vaccination against smallpox.

Correspondence Because of heavy pressure on our space, correspondents are asked to keep their letters short. SIR,-During the decade 1951-60 there were 21 deaths in England and Wales due to smallpox. In the same period there were 27 deaths, most of them infants, attributed to post-vaccinal encephalitis as well as a score or so deaths from other fatal complications of smallpox vaccination. As Pro...