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. 1961 Mar;14(2):196–197. doi: 10.1136/jcp.14.2.196

Death of an infant in hyperthermia after vaccination

K Apostolov 1,1, T H Flewett 1, K S Thompson 1
PMCID: PMC480191  PMID: 13683856

Abstract

Death following hyperpyrexia and coma of rapid onset nine days after vaccination of an infant is reported. Death appeared to be due to overwhelming vaccinial infection without encephalitis. Large amounts of virus was present in lung, spleen, bone marrow, and the vaccination site.

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