TY - JOUR AU1 - Michael Lane, J. AU2 - Ruben, Frederick L. AU3 - Neff, John M. AU4 - Millar, J. D. AB - THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES • VOL. 122, NO.4· OCTOBER 1970 © 1970 by the University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Complications of Smallpox Vaccination, 1968: Results of Ten Statewide Surveys J. Michael Lane, * Frederick L. Ruben, John M. Neff, and J. D. Millar From the Smallpox Eradication Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Services, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Pediatrics, lohns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland In this country little attention was given to com­ [4, 5]. The VIG distribution system misses most plications of smallpox vaccination until Green­ of the patients with less severe clinical illness berg reported a mortality rate of approximately and fails to detect many patients with postvac­ one per 1,000,000 in 1947 [1]. Reports following cinial disease of the central nervous system [7]. this one included Kempe's [2] and that of Suss­ Contacting practicing physicians directly by man and Grossman [3], each citing cases and mail is a useful way of obtaining information that reporting on the effects of vaccinia immune is not available in regularly reported statistics. globulin (VIG). The first published data on com­ Such TI - Complications of Smallpox Vaccination, 1968: Results of Ten Statewide Surveys JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases DO - 10.1093/infdis/122.4.303 DA - 1970-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/complications-of-smallpox-vaccination-1968-results-of-ten-statewide-FRZ6f4UmHi SP - 303 EP - 309 VL - 122 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -