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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INTRADERMAL AND CUTANEOUS VACCINATION WITH THE TWO VIRUSES IN OVER A THOUSAND INFANTS

H. H. DONNALLY, M.D.; M. M. NICHOLSON, M.D.; W. S. ANDERSON, M.D.; M. H. GROSVENOR, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1940;59(2):322-331.

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It is generally admitted that smallpox vaccination should be done for the first time in early infancy; the choice of age varies from the third month to the end of the first year. "In 1936, of the more than 2,000,000 live births, nearly 900,000, or two fifths, took place in hospitals. Nearly three quarters of the births in cities were in hospitals, as compared with one seventh in rural areas."¹ Healthy full term babies may be vaccinated the day of their birth with practically no risk at all.² Among the poor there is no time so opportune for vaccination as at birth in the maternity hospital. Two or three subsequent vaccinations by the age of 30 years would meet Topley's recommendations³ for the substantial elimination of the disease, except in epidemic times, during which he advocated "the immediate vaccination or revaccination of all contacts, and of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations

From the Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, the Gallinger Municipal Hospital, and the Allergy Clinic of Children's Hospital.

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