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  • Title: Continuing mortality and morbidity from smallpox vaccination.
    Author: Du Mont GC, Beach RC.
    Journal: Br Med J; 1979 May 26; 1(6175):1398-9. PubMed ID: 445099.
    Abstract:
    Three cases of cross-infection after smallpox vaccination are described, in two of which the outcome was fatal. Probably all occurred because simple precautions were not observed at the time of vaccination--for example, exclusion of contraindications and warnings about risks. If those countries still requiring evidence of vaccination for entry were to abolish this rule, however, the risk of cross-infection could be eliminated. Vaccinating a person with contraindications is justified only when exposure to smallpox has occurred.
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