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Is stem cell transplant a contraindication to receiving smallpox vaccine?

April 26, 2017CELL contraindication smallpox stem transplant vaccine

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Is stem cell transplant a contraindication to receiving smallpox vaccine?

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Persons with hematopoietic stem cell transplants should not receive the smallpox vaccine if they <24 months post-transplant or if they are >24 months post-transplant but have graft-versus-host disease or disease relapse. [Refer to the Vaccinia (Smallpox) Vaccine ACIP Recommendations, 06/22/2001.] http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5010.

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Persons with hematopoietic stem cell transplants should not receive the smallpox vaccine if they <24 months post-transplant or if they are >24 months post-transplant but have graft-versus-host disease or disease relapse.