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Smallpox Vaccine

"Smallpox Vaccine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A live VACCINIA VIRUS vaccine of calf lymph or chick embryo origin, used for immunization against smallpox. It is now recommended only for laboratory workers exposed to smallpox virus. Certain countries continue to vaccinate those in the military service. Complications that result from smallpox vaccination include vaccinia, secondary bacterial infections, and encephalomyelitis. (Dorland, 28th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Smallpox Vaccine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Smallpox Vaccine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 6 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2003
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