Encephalitis after secondary smallpox vaccination.

Melekhin, Vlada V; Karem, Kevin L; Damon, Inger K; Bloch, Karen C · Clin Infect Dis · 2009

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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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