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Published online 15 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040412-4
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Health fears halt vaccine trial
Smallpox jab intended for US biodefence may inflame heart.
Recruitment for clinical trials of a smallpox vaccine being mass-produced for the US government has stopped after three cases of a heart condition cropped up in participants.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are now discussing how to proceed with the trials.
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