Vaccination against smallpox---1806

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...

Vaccination against Smallpox

, yaccination against Smallpox', it is stated by him -jobject to the circular drill seemingly approved m he last paragraph of Colonel Stewart's note and further says?In highly skilled hands the drill may possibly successful, but I submit that it can never be as good as a cutting edge or point\ I do not agree with tins view, and would offer below a few remarks on the subject. There is no doubt t...

Vaccination against Smallpox

Smallpox Vaccination

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

Duration of immunity after smallpox vaccination: a study on vaccination policy against smallpox bioterrorism in Japan.

The success of global smallpox eradication in 1980 led all the nations of the world to discontinue smallpox vaccination. To date, however, the threat of deliberate release of smallpox virus has led health authorities to reconsider smallpox vaccination and at the same time, to urge to evaluate duration of the immunity of the population vaccinated before 1980. Although available data is scarce an...