Bioterrorism Preparedness Program

Smallpox Preparedness

Number of adverse events after smallpox vaccination among civilians, by type —  Rhode Island

as of August 28, 2003

** Include expected self-limited responses to smallpox vaccination (e.g., fatigue, headache, pruritis, local reaction at vaccination site, regional lymphadenopathy, lymphangitis, fever, myalgia and chills, and nausea); additional events are associated temporally with smallpox vaccination but are not necessarily associated causally with vaccination.