Mass Smallpox Vaccination and Cardiac Deaths, New York City, 1947

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Thorpe, Lorna E. ; Mostashari, Farzad ; Karpati, Adam M. ; Schwartz, Steven P. ; Manning, Susan E. ; Marx, Melissa A. ; Frieden, Thomas R.
• Description:
  In April 1947, during a smallpox outbreak in New York City (NYC), more than 6 million people were vaccinated. To determine whether vaccination increased cardiac death, we reviewed NYC death certificates for comparable periods in 1946, 1947, and 1948 (N = 81,529) and calculated adjusted relative death rates for the postvaccination period. No increases in cardiac deaths were observed.
• Subjects:
  Adult Death Certificates Dispatch Heart Diseases History, 20Th Century Humans Immunization Programs Mass Vaccination Middle Aged Smallpox Smallpox Vaccine

  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(5):917-920.
• Pubmed ID:
  15200831
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3323199
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dde198d08bd78418a190a61150dad4e26d3454fef20552445ad05dc6d9ff81ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7786/cdc_7786_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.06 KB ]