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Clinicians and the public are turning to the CDC Smallpox Vaccination web site to learn about the vaccine, how to vaccinate, and how to distinguish normal, easily treated reactions from those requiring urgent attention. The web site, created by Logical Images for the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control (CDC), provides extensive medical information on the vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine and its reactions, including high-quality diagnostic images, clinical management descriptions, and references to the medical literature.
Logical Images was selected because of our expert capabilities in disease recognition, differential diagnosis, and unique ability to combine analytics, reference images, and a medical knowledgebase to create educational and diagnostic tools.
The web site answers key questions such as:
- How is the smallpox vaccine different from other vaccines?
- What are the contraindications to the vaccine?
- What is the proper vaccination method?
- How do normal and adverse reactions present?
- How do I treat adverse reactions?
Created by Logical Images' team of bioterrorism experts with smallpox vaccination expert and Senior Editor Vincent Fulginiti, MD, the web site gives clinicians the critical information they need:
- Background on vaccinia, the smallpox vaccine
- Immunity
- Contraindications
- Vaccination during a smallpox outbreak
- Vaccination method
- Precautions for patients and healthcare workers
- Normal reactions, variants and symptoms
- Revaccination
- Adverse reactions, frequency, and severity
- Treatment of adverse reactions
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