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Smallpox vaccine to prevent infection draws few.
2003 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some people eligible for smallpox vaccinations offered by the state of Wisconsin declined to roll up their sleeves after learning of potential side effects, a state health official said.
Herb Bostrom, director of the state Bureau of Communicable Diseases, said some people made their decision after reviewing material from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on possible serious and even deadly side effects.
Bostrom did not release figures on how many people who have been in contact with animals or other people infected with monkeypox were eligible for the vaccines. He said "the numbers are very, very small."
No one took advantage of vaccinations offered June 14, 2003, at a Milwaukee clinic, but Bostrom said six people got the shots at two clinics on June 16 in Milwaukee and the Marshfield, Wisconsin, area. Two more clinics were offered June 17 in the Milwaukee area.
"That's all that's scheduled," Bostrom said. "We'll conduct any more that seem to be necessary if additional eligible folks are identified."
CDC spokesman Llelwyn Grant said seven people in Kansas, New Jersey, and Missouri also received the smallpox vaccine.
Monkeypox, a west African disease not previously seen in the Western Hemisphere, is related to smallpox but is not as lethal. It causes rashes, chills, and fever.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Smallpox vaccine to prevent infection draws few.