Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004

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

Lorna E. Thorpe*† , Farzad Mostashari*, Adam M. Karpati*¹, Steven P. Schwartz*, Susan E. Manning*†, Melissa A. Marx*†, and Thomas R. Frieden*

Author affiliations: *New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 1. Adult vaccination doses administered and estimated person-time at risk for fatal cardiac adverse effects, New York City, 1947.

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¹At the time of this study, Dr. Karpati was jointly affiliated with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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