Immunization against tularemia: analysis of the effectiveness of live Francisella tularensis vaccine in prevention of laboratory-acquired tularemia.
A retrospective analysis was made of cases of laboratory-acquired infections with Francisella tularensis among civilian employees at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The incidence and clinical presentation of tularemia during the decade 1950-1959, when the phenol-killed Foshay vaccine was used routinely for immunization of employees, were compared with similar data from the first decade (1960-1969) after the live tularemia vaccine had come into use. The incidence of typhoidal tularemia fell (from 5.70 to 0.27 cases per 1,000 at-risk employee-years; P less than 0.001), whereas the incidence of ulceroglandular tularemia remained unchanged (from 0.76 to 0.54 cases per 1,000 at-risk employee-years). Ulceroglandular tularemia in employees immunized with live vaccine was characterized by clinical signs and symptoms that were milder than those in employees vaccinated with the Foshay vaccine.
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014406:Tularemia / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines