Smallpox vaccine: "Non-take" responses in previously vaccinated adults

Georgia Thomas, Elizabeth Frenzel, Hend Hanna

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Abstract

This small, retrospective study of laboratory workers who received smallpox vaccine showed a strong correlation between "non-take" reactions and the presence of prior vaccination scars. Although we cannot exclude technique and vaccine potency as causes, the association we observed may indicate that these workers are displaying residual immunity to smallpox.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)613-615
Number of pages3
JournalInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume25
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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