Myocarditis and vaccination
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 [June 22, 2006] Myocarditis death in soldier may have been caused by vaccines--DOD press release
Meryl Nass, MD: Please note that CDC found a much higher rate of myocarditis in  smallpox vaccine recipients than did DOD: 1 in 1,725, according to  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report put out by CDC.  In a vaccine  trial of smallpox vaccines conducted by Acambis the rate of myocarditis  was 1 in 973.  A 1978 study in Finnish military recruits found a much  higher rate using looser criteria (1 in 29).
    If DOD had cases occurring at the same rate, they should have had 580  cases in 1 million vaccine recipients, not 120.  However, DOD likely  had even more cases of myocarditis than 580, since it is believed that  people who have never before received the vaccine are at higher risk of  complications than those previously vaccinated.  Nearly all those who  were vaccinated through CDC had been vaccinated in childhood.   Relatively few military servicemembers have been previously vaccinated.
    Claiming that no previous smallpox recipients died with myocarditis is  also blatantly untrue.  Twenty-two year old Rachel Lacy died in early  2003, one month after receiving five vaccines in one day (including  smallpox and anthrax) and her autopsy demonstrated myocarditis.  Two  panels asked to evaluate her death for DOD agreed her death was  probably vaccine-related.  I wrote something about earlier inaccurate DOD statements about  smallpox vaccine-related myocarditis and death in 2003:

 
Amsel SG, et al. [See Related Articles] Myocarditis after triple immunisation. Arch Dis Child. 1986 Apr;61(4):403-5. PMID: 3486636; UI: 86214173.

We describe a 3 month old infant who developed myocarditis several hours after diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination. The time of occurrence of symptoms, the clinical course, and the negative virological studies suggest a possible cardiogenic adverse reaction to the vaccine.

 
Apostolski A, et al. [See Related Articles] [Myocarditis following administration of antivariola vaccine]. Vojnosanit Pregl. 1974 Mar-Apr;31(2):122-5. Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic). No abstract available.PMID: 4830693; UI: 74171054.
 
Bessard G, et al. [See Related Articles] [A new case of myocarditis following smallpox vaccination]. Pediatrie. 1974 Mar;29(2):179-84. Review. French. No abstract available.PMID: 4602484; UI: 74282583.
Ebert H. [See Related Articles] [Smallpox vaccination and myocarditis]? Dtsch Gesundheitsw. 1967 Dec 28;22(52):2465-8. German. No abstract available.PMID: 5597006; UI: 68391163.
 
Dyczkowska M, et al. [See Related Articles] [Myocarditis following smallpox vaccination]. Pol Tyg Lek. 1965 May 24;20(21):760-2. Polish. No abstract available.PMID: 5849332; UI: 66051585.
 
Gatta AM, et al. [See Related Articles] [Acute fatal myocarditis following smallpox vaccination]. Minerva Pediatr. 1976 Sep 8;28(27):1691-6. Italian. No abstract available.PMID: 1012203; UI: 77099791.
 
Donadon W, et al. [See Related Articles] [Case of acute benign myocarditis caused by smallpox vaccination]. Minerva Cardioangiol. 1974 Sep;22(9):642-5. Italian. No abstract available.PMID: 4419066; UI: 75022072.
 
Larbre F, et al. [See Related Articles] [Fatal acute myocarditis after smallpox vaccination]. Pediatrie. 1966 Apr-May;21(3):345-50. French. No abstract available.PMID: 5930422; UI: 66123132.
 
Myking OL, et al. [See Related Articles] [Frequency of postvaccinal myocarditis]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1969 Dec 15;89(24):1895-7. Norwegian. No abstract available.PMID: 5377174; UI: 70239548.
Myking OL. [See Related Articles] [Myocarditis after smallpox vaccination]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1969 Jan 15;89(2):87-9. Norwegian. No abstract available.PMID: 5767393; UI: 69128460.
Zaludko J, et al. [See Related Articles] [Acute myocarditis as complication of smallpox vaccination in adulthood]. Bratisl Lek Listy. 1976;66(3):345-8. Czech. No abstract available.PMID: 1009463; UI: 77088967.

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