smallpox vaccination?

[Ian A. York]

In article <3senp0$n2l at gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Mark Jude Hyman <mh691292> writes:
>I've been looking into this too, as I'm starting work on some vaccinia
>expression systems. CDC is the only source, and they have their guidelines in
>MMWR Vol. 40 (No. RR-14), December 13, 1991. That gives you the contacts at CDC
>as well as all of their cautionary info, most of which Kevin mentioned.

I'm not sure what the official guidelines are, but I understood that here 
at the Dana-Farber there was concern that the vaccination might be as 
dangerous as working with vaccinia unvaccinated would be.  The eventual 
conclusion, I think, was that unvaccinated people did not require 
vaccination to work with the vector.  (I'm already vaccinated, so I 
didn't pay close attention to the discussion, but that seems to be the 
gist of it.)  So you may want to check very carefully with your local 
safety office on recommendations.

Ian

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