Smallpox Vaccines

Data on smallpox vaccines described by researchers at Brooke Army Medical Center

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 13th, 2008

A new study, 'Smallpox vaccination and ischemic coronary events in healthy adults,' is now available. "Although smallpox vaccine-associated myopericarditis has been reported, the risk of cardiac ischemic events remains uncertain. We identified personnel receiving the smallpox vaccination and compared them to a historical referent population," scientists writing in the journal Vaccine report.

"The rate of cardiac ischemia diagnoses in the 30 days following smallpox vaccination was 140.1 per 100,000 person-years, compared to 143.5 per 100,000 person-years in referent group (RR 1.0 [95% CI: 0.7-1.4]). The rate of cardiac ischemic events in vaccinees was 121.4 per...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-02-13)

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