Pre-event smallpox vaccination for healthcare workers revisited-the need for a carefully screened multidisciplinary cadre

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-97

  Malone, John D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Smallpox transmission model; Smallpox vaccination complications

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARMY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BELL PALSY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA VACCINATUM; ENCEPHALITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NURSE; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICIAN; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SMALLPOX; TEAMWORK; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUNTEER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINIA;

EID: 33847239552     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.11.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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