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

Lorna E. Thorpe; Farzad Mostashari; Adam M. Karpati; Steven P. Schwartz; Susan E. Manning; Melissa A. Marx; Thomas R. Frieden

doi:10.3201/eid1005.030507

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

Lorna E. Thorpe, Farzad Mostashari, Adam M. Karpati, Steven P. Schwartz, Susan E. Manning, Melissa A. Marx, Thomas R. Frieden

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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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030507
State	Published - May 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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