Open AccessEncephalitis after Secondary Smallpox Vaccination
Author(s) -
Vlada V. Melekhin,
Kevin L. Karem,
Inger K. Damon,
Karen C. Bloch
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/595555
Subject(s) - medicine , smallpox , virology , vaccination , encephalitis , smallpox vaccine , smallpox vaccination , vaccinia , virus , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , recombinant dna
We describe a case of post-secondary vaccination encephalitis in a smallpox vaccine recipient and discuss detection of intrathecal antibody to vaccinia virus as a potential diagnostic test.
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