Adverse Events
Adverse Events
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that these adverse events after smallpox vaccination be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems and to state health departments:
- Eczema vaccinatum
- Erythema multiforme major or Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Fetal vaccinia
- Generalized vaccinia
- Inadvertent inoculation
- Ocular vaccinia
- Post-vaccinal encephalitis or encephalomyelitis
- Progressive vaccinia
- Pyogenic infection of vaccination site
- Vaccinia transmission to contacts
- Vaccination of people with a contraindication to vaccination
- Other serious adverse events (i.e., those resulting in hospitalization, permanent disability, life-threatening illness, or death)
Note: Any adverse event that is of concern to the clinician or patient should be reported.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that these adverse events after smallpox vaccination be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems and to state health departments.
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