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Unintended smallpox vaccination of HIV-1-infected individuals in the United States military

  • Sybil A. Tasker*
  • , Glenn A. Schnepf
  • , Matthew Lim
  • , Harold E. Caraviello
  • , Adam Armstrong
  • , Mary Bavaro
  • , Brian K. Agan
  • , Judith Delmar
  • , Naomi Aronson
  • , Mark R. Wallace
  • , John D. Grabenstein
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We identified 10 individuals who had undiagnosed human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection at the time of smallpox vaccination. Mean CD4 cell count was 483 cells/ mm 3 (range, 286-751 cells/mm 3), and mean log 10 plasma HIV-1 RNA load was 4.13 copies/cm 3 (range, 2.54-5.16 copies/cm 3). All vaccinees (3 primary and 7 repeat) had a normal, robust reaction without complications. Smallpox vaccine was well-tolerated in this small series of HIV-1-infected military personnel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1320-1322
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume38
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2004

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