Abstract
In April 1947, during a smallpox outbreak in New York City (NYC), >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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 917-920 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - May 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Mass Smallpox Vaccination and Cardiac Deaths, New York City, 1947. / Thorpe, Lorna E.; Mostashari, Farzad; Karpati, Adam M.; Schwartz, Steven P.; Manning, Susan E.; Hewett-Marx, Melissa; Frieden, Thomas R.
In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, No. 5, 05.2004, p. 917-920.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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