R. Gowda, Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Royal Hallamshire hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK
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We report on the successful vaccination of a patient, 21/2 yr after bone marrow transplantation for myeloma. He was not severely immunosupressed and responded to the yellow fever vaccine (17D, a live attenuated vaccine) without any adverse affects.

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April 2004

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