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Smallpox
Recent studies by T.N. Thomas and co-authors add new data to smallpox findings
April 29th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "In response to concern about smallpox possibly being used as a biological weapon, the President of the United States launched the National Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Program on 13 December 2002. Given safety concerns, identifying potentially serious adverse events (SAEs) was an essential tool of the program." "To monitor for SAEs, both enhanced passive surveillance and active surveillance systems were used. The enhanced passive system was built, in part, on the existing Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System; the active system was implemented 24 January 2003. During January 2003-May 2005, the active system detected only...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-29)
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